"Director Peckinpah's mission is to disturb and he achieves it through intricate editing rather than the deliberate shock tactics this film has wrongly been tarred with. ★★★★" - Almar Haflidason, BBC
"It is a coherent and intelligent examination of one character's particular psychology. And given David's predicament at the climax of the film, it's hard to disagree with Peckinpah's obstinate conclusion that murderous violence is his only solution and salvation." - Film4