 The film received mostly negative reviews from the film critics.Critic Lawrence van Gelder, writing for "The New York Times", did not like the film.He wrote, Short on suspense, routine in its action and monotonous in its performances, this movie opened yesterday without benefit of press screenings, usually a sign that the distributors have detected cinematic rigor mortis before audiences formally withdraw such life support systems as tickets, popcorn and the glucose drip of spilled Coke.