Editing Exit Wounds (section)

===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] it has an approval rating of 34% based on 65 reviews. The site's critical consensus states: "It probably goes without saying that ''Exit Wounds'' is loaded with plotholes and bad dialogue."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/exit_wounds/ |title= Exit Wounds |work= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=March 4, 2025}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a score of 39 out of 100 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |title= Exit Wounds |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/exit-wounds/critic-reviews |website= [[Metacritic]] |access-date= October 10, 2019 }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref>

Lawrence Van Gelder of ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave the film 3 out of 5 and wrote: "For those in search of action-filled escapist entertainment who are willing to jettison expectations of credibility into the nearest popcorn tub, Exit Wounds ... will do to pass time on an inclement day."<ref>{{cite web |date= March 17, 2001 |first= Lawrence |last= Van Gelder |title= FILM REVIEW; A Cop as Good as His Manners Are Bad|work=[[The New York Times]]|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/17/movies/film-review-a-cop-as-good-as-his-manners-are-bad.html |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090605160042/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/17/movies/film-review-a-cop-as-good-as-his-manners-are-bad.html | archive-date= 2009-06-05 }}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote: "In its low grade way, this blithely brutal cops and drugs thriller is an efficient hot wire entertainment." Gleiberman singled out Jill Hennessy for praise, saying that she "takes the minor character of Seagal's precinct commander and invests her with an intelligence and a flirty warm panache that sparkles on screen."<ref name="Gleiberman">{{cite magazine |first = Owen |last = Gleiberman |author-link = Owen Gleiberman |title=Exit Wounds |url= https://ew.com/article/2001/03/22/exit-wounds-2/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 22, 2001}}</ref>

Todd McCarthy of ''Variety magazine'' gave the film a negative review, particularly Seagal's performance saying he "makes one wonder how he ever managed to be regarded as anything resembling a movie star." McCarthy complained that the action scenes were "routine and unimaginative" lacking the flair director Bartkowiak had shown in ''[[Romeo Must Die]]''. McCarthy was also critical of unconvincing use of easily recognizable Toronto locations as a stand in for Detroit.<ref name="McCarthy">{{cite web |date= 16 March 2001 |last1= McCarthy |first1= Todd |authorlink=Todd McCarthy |title= Exit Wounds |url= https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/exit-wounds-2-1200467316/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref>
Jonathan Foreman of ''[[The New York Post]]'' suggests that Barkowiak was trying to make a [[John Woo]] movie but simply did not have the skills. Foreman called the screenplay "embarrassingly clunky and inane". He concludes, "It's hard to know which is more offensive, "Exit Wounds'" ineptitude or its disgusting, cynical brutality. But the people responsible for it are crass and shameless."<ref name="nypost">{{cite web |date= March 16, 2001 |last = Foreman |first = Jonathan |title= THIS 'EXIT' WOUNDS YOU |url= https://nypost.com/2001/03/16/this-exit-wounds-you/ |website= [[The New York Post]] }}</ref>