Box Office and Reception
Only the Strong earned US$3,273,588 at the U.S. box office, making only more than half of its US$6 million budget.
The film was universally panned by critics, earning a 0% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews. Roger Ebert gave the film one out of four stars, saying, "The message of a movie like Only the Strong, building on the fascist undertones of its title, is almost cruel in its stupidity and naivete. It's almost a relief that few people in the audience for such a film ever remember if it even had a message or not." Joe Brown of The Washington Post also wrote a scathing review, saying it "relies slightly less relentlessly on violence for its own sake than most in this genre, but the film is clumsily assembled and edited, heavy on the slow-mo, and its simplistic story plays like 'The Kids From Fame' armed with very sharp knives."
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