“Novelty of a gang swearing a blood oath to destroy a precinct station and all inside is sufficiently compelling for the gory-minded to assure acceptance.” – Variety Staff, Variety

“A joy to behold: a taut, aesthetic blast of violence.” – Ian Nathan, Empire Magazine

“There’s no mistaking the modern racial and sexual politics encoded in the distinctly western elements of Carpenter’s lean, mean, genre-defying masterpiece.” – Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine