ɪn ðæt sˈeɪm mˈʌnθ, ˈɔːstɪn tɹˈuːnɪk ʌv ˌʌndɚ ðə ɹˈeɪdɑːɹ mˌæɡɐzˈiːn ɹˈoʊt ɐ sˈɪmɪlɚli mˈɪkst ɹᵻvjˈuː ʌvðə fˈɪlm ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ "dˈuː kˈʌm ɪn pɹɪpˈɛɹd fɔːɹ sˌʌm ʌvðə jˈuːʒuːəl tʃˈɛstbˈiːɾɪŋ ænd flˈæɡwˈeɪvɪŋ ʌvðə sˈʌbdʒɛnɚ; ðə vˌiːət kˈɑːŋ ɑːɹ tɹˈiːɾᵻd mˈoʊstli æz fˈeɪsləs bˈædɪz ˈoʊnli ðɛɹ təbi blˈoʊn ˌʌp ænd ʃˈɑːt ˌʌp ɑːn mˈæs ɪn ɡɹætˈuːɪɾəs slˈoʊ mˈoʊʃən.
In that same month, Austin Trunick of Under the Radar Magazine wrote a similarly mixed review of the film writing "Do come in prepared for some of the usual chest-beating and flag-waving of the subgenre; the Viet Cong are treated mostly as faceless baddies only there to be blown up and shot up en masse in gratuitous slow motion.