Reception
The film received generally positive reviews, and enjoyed an 86% "fresh" rating on RottenTomatoes.com as of February 2009. Janet Maslin, writing for the New York Times, felt that much of the film was absurd but that Jon Voight's performance was excellent, and she credits the film for "crude energy and bravado". In 2010, movie critic Michael Phillips said on his show At the Movies that it was the most under-rated movie of the 1980s. Roger Ebert awarded the film four out of four stars.
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