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A satisfying genre picture that challenges the viewer’s expectations.
Matt Zoller Seitz
New York Times
As Dengler literally and figuratively lets Duane lean on him, the film’s tenderness goes so far beyond male-bonding cliché that it becomes a political statement: a radical reimagining of the phrase “doing what a man’s gotta do” that rejects John Wayne as a masculine ideal and replaces him with Jesus.

The camerawork is stunning, the music propulsive, the clarity a blessing.
Rex Reed
New York Observer
A potentially commercial audience-pleaser that retains all of the characteristic Herzog complexity and nuance, Rescue Dawn is an electrifying action adventure that clamps your nerves with jaws of steel.

Deeply compelling account of survival and pic's obvious relevance to the war in Iraq
Leslie Felperin
Variety
This polished, cleanly made pic still packs a wrenching emotional punch and, if backed by critics and auds, could earn more for Herzog than his last 10 features put together.

Flawed movie, great escape --3 1/2 STARS
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
Problematic is Herzog's wildly romanticized view of his protagonist. No matter what tortures he faces, Dieter never has a moment of vulnerability. He's not a man, he's a superhero.