 According to "Entertainment Weekly" critic Owen Gleiberman, "the picture is much better than its promos suggest.It's a crackerjack B movie worthy of comparison to such stylishly low-down, smart-meets-dumb, hyper-violent entertainments as the 1997 Kurt Russell thriller "Breakdown", Clint Eastwood's infamous police bloodbath "The Gauntlet", John Carpenter's original "Assault on Precinct 13", and Arnold's own overlooked 1986 outing "Raw Deal"...[Schwarzenegger] gives a controlled and brutally charismatic performance that restores his dignity as a star.He proves — and this is the last thing I was expecting — that there's life after the Governator."