 The film was unpopular with many critics (though Roger Ebert gave it a positive review of 3 stars), some of whom considered it a rip-off of "Beverly Hills Cop" (which Faltermeyer also scored); others cited a lack of chemistry in the romance between Goldberg and Elliott's characters.Movie historian Leonard Maltin called it "inexcusably awful, with gratuitous violence and mind-boggling dialogue, using an anti-drug message to rationalize its excesses.