Judgment Night 1993

Janet Maslin, New York Times: A tight, energetic sleeper in the action-adventure genre, manages to pack a few anti-machismo sentiments into an otherwise brawny tale. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's refreshing to know that it's not just characters in horror films who are irredeemably dumb. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: This is an exceedingly well directed, cleverly filmed and edited, tension-filled affair. It is also a wholly preposterous, muddled, paranoid view of the inner-city nightmare where the slightest misstep is sure to have a fateful result. Read more

Richard Harrington, Washington Post: The filmmakers have made a big deal of a soundtrack that features 10 collaborations between rappers and rockers (the theme is performed by De La Soul and Teenage Fan Club), but their casting consciousness is less adventurous. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Perhaps the ultimate Judgment comes from Estevez, who observes: 'Nothing about tonight makes sense.' Read more