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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe strengths and foibles of human beings are what this film--and all of Eastwood's directorial efforts--is all about, and his Tom Highway is one of the most vividly etched male characters seen onscreen in years.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHeartbreak Ridge has as much energy and color as any action picture this year, and it contains truly amazing dialogue.
- 70Time OutTime OutIn format, this is no more than the classic mission movie: first they train, then they do it for real. But the film belongs to Eastwood.
- 60The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyAs the gritty, raspy-voiced sergeant, Mr. Eastwood's performance is one of the richest he's ever given. It's funny, laid-back, seemingly effortless, the sort that separates actors who are run-of-the-mill from those who have earned the right to be identified as stars.
- 60EmpireWilliam ThomasEmpireWilliam ThomasAn unusually thoughtful look (and a broad one) at powers on the wane, at America's shift from Vietnam polarisations to 80's apathy, and at one man teetering on the brink of a lonely old age.
- 50Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonLos Angeles TimesSheila BensonA vintage Clint Eastwood performance--in a film so uninvolving that you barely wake up for the big battle finale.
- 50Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyBut to tell the truth, the Grenada Incursion looks even sillier on film than it did in the headlines.
- 40Washington PostPaul AttanasioWashington PostPaul AttanasioThis kind of macho bantering quickly wears thin, too -- I guess it's not surprising that men who spend most of their time with other men would lard their conversation with taunts of homosexuality and allusions to male gonads, but it's not particularly interesting either. And as a storyteller, Carabatsos is no better than a competent hack. The plot is schematic, the characters are cliche's.
- 40Chicago ReaderPat GrahamChicago ReaderPat GrahamThe whole film seems ideologically forced and out of place, an attempt to resurrect the retentive virtues of Ford and Hawks without the cultural context that gave them expressive strength.