About the movie reception, Woo blamed himself and his "style": "While we were making Hard Target I did try to make it a little bit more like Hong Kong film style even though it was an American movie.
而對於電影的負面評價，吳宇森責備了自己和他的「風格」：「雖然我們正在拍的是《終極標靶》，但我確實試圖讓它更像是香港電影的風格，即使這是一部美國電影。