Review of Heartbreak Ridge (1986) by Gene Siskel for Chicago Tribune — 02 Dec 1995

This kind of macho bantering quickly wears thin, too -- I guess it's not surprising that men who spend most of their time with other men would lard their conversation with taunts of homosexuality and allusions to male gonads, but it's not particularly interesting either.

And as a storyteller, Carabatsos is no better than a competent hack. The plot is schematic, the characters are cliche's.