Nearly satirical in its overall effect, plot caroms between cliche dogface antics, detailed and gratuitous violence, caper melodramatics, and outrageous anachronism.
– ,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
rotten:
Interesting only in so far as it reveals Eastwood's nonchalant attitude to the blockbuster.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
An attempt to blend the war epic and the caper film that doesn't quite come off.