Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: June 12, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
4
Negative:
4
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McTiernan, regrettably, seems more interested in spectacle than suspense, and the attack sequences are filmed for splashy visual impact. And an apocalyptic finale that raises the antiwar message to the nuclear level is more than McTiernan's metaphor can bear. [12 June 1987, Friday, p.J]
50
The movie, a rather pointless thing when you get down to it, has little of the provocative intelligence that was found in "Terminator." But at least it's self-propelling in terms of suspense and cheap thrills. [12 June 1987, Daily Datebook, p.78]