Reception
The film took in $35,431,113 at the North American box office, including $10,608,297 on its opening weekend. With a budget at an estimated $68,000,000 and a box office total of approximately $77 million, the film was a moderate box office bomb. It was generally poorly received by film critics, described by one reviewer as "a loud and truly pointless action-comedy". Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a "Rotten" rating of 22% based on 32 reviews.
In addition to its middling reviews, the film was vilified for its portrayal of a man robbing a ticket booth by running a rubber tube around the bulletproof partition and dousing the attendant with an unknown flammable liquid, then threatening to set them on fire. This crime was repeated in real life after the film's release, although the police did not think the similar crime was related to the film. Nevertheless, many people including Bob Dole called for a boycott of the film.
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