Editing Hard to Kill (section)

==Reception==

===Box office===
''Hard to Kill'' debuted at number 1 at the U.S. box office with an opening weekend gross of $9.2 million,<ref name=mojo/><ref>{{cite news|title=WEEKEND BOX OFFICE 'Kill' Opens Big; 'Cannons,' 'Stanley' Fade|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1990-02-13|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-13-ca-483-story.html|access-date=2010-11-28|first=Pat H.|last=Broeske|archive-date=2023-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614115112/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-13-ca-483-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the biggest 3-day February opening at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=February 13, 1990|title='Hard' Heads B.O. With $9.2 Mil|last=McBride|first=Joseph|page=1}}</ref> It eventually grossed $48 million in the United States and Canada<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hardtokill.htm|title=Hard to Kill|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=2016-04-29|archive-date=2013-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106022535/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hardtokill.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and $75 million worldwide.<ref name=AFI/>

===Critical response===
It holds a 33% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 15 reviews; the average rating is 4.1/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hard_to_kill/|title=Hard to Kill (1990)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=2022-08-08|archive-date=2022-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126170251/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hard_to_kill|url-status=live}}</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/?|title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com }}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' rated it a letter grade of D− and called Seagal as generic an actor as the film.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hard to Kill|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=1990-02-23|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316778,00.html|access-date=2010-12-07|archive-date=2010-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217062740/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316778,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In describing the film as "a lively one for its genre", [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Mr. Seagal is effective for both his novelty value and his ability to be both literally and figuratively disarming."<ref>{{cite news|title=Review/Film; Out of a Coma, Still Dapper and Disarming|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1990-02-10|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/10/movies/review-film-out-of-a-coma-still-dapper-and-disarming.html|access-date=2010-12-14|first=Janet|last=Maslin|archive-date=2011-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127145317/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/10/movies/review-film-out-of-a-coma-still-dapper-and-disarming.html|url-status=live}}</ref>