rey ▁Dean ▁Morgan ▁and ▁Id ris ▁El ba ▁des erved ▁better . ▁He ▁described ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁one ▁that ▁" t ries ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁little , ▁and ▁yet ▁falls ▁so ▁short ". ▁ ▁Ph el im ▁O ' Ne ill ▁of ▁The ▁Guardian ▁gave ▁the ▁film ▁ 3 ▁stars ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 . ▁He ▁noted ▁similar ities ▁to ▁The ▁A - Team ▁and ▁critic ized ▁the ▁film ▁for ▁being ▁full ▁of ▁action ▁movie ▁cl ich es . ▁He ▁pra ised ▁the ▁film ▁for ▁the ▁l ighter ▁com edic ▁touch es , ▁and ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" big ▁d umb ▁fun " ▁overall . ▁His ▁colle ague ▁Philip ▁French ▁of ▁The ▁Ob server ▁described ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁being ▁in ▁" A - Team ▁territory " ▁with ▁the ▁action ▁sequences ▁being ▁well ▁enough ▁put ▁together ▁but ▁that ▁" it ▁was ▁all ▁done ▁far ▁better ▁in ▁Walter ▁Hill ' s ▁Ext reme ▁Pre jud ice ". ▁ ▁Director ▁Qu entin ▁Tar ant ino ▁offered ▁a ▁positive ▁reaction ▁to ▁the ▁film , ▁calling ▁it ▁" d umb ▁fun ". ▁ ▁Box ▁office ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁played ▁in ▁ 2 , 9 3 6 ▁the aters ▁and ▁earned ▁$ 9 , 4 0 6 , 3 4 8 ▁on ▁its ▁opening ▁week end ▁at ▁the ▁box ▁office ▁at ▁# 4 . ▁The ▁film ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁ear n ▁$ 2 3 . 5   mill ion ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁more ▁than ▁$ 5   mill ion ▁intern ation ally ▁for ▁a ▁world wide ▁total