Editing Freejack (section)

===Critical reception===
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On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Freejack'' has an approval rating of 25% based on reviews from 20 critics and an average rating of 4.1/10.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rottentomatoes.com/m/freejack/|title=Freejack (1992) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade B−.<ref>[https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ FREEJACK (1992) B-] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |date=December 20, 2018 }} [[CinemaScore]]</ref>  Peter Rainer of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said the film abandons its interesting premise and instead "devolves into a standard-issue chase picture".  Rainer said the only reason to watch the film was for Murphy's direction, though he said Murphy's talents were wasted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-20-ca-348-story.html |title=MOVIE REVIEW: The Future Is Grungy in 'Freejack' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 20, 1992 |access-date=August 27, 2012 |last=Rainer |first=Peter}}</ref>  Writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'', Janet Maslin called it "overlong and unsightly".<ref>{{cite web|last=Maslin |first=Janet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/18/movies/review-film-scurrying-back-in-time-in-search-of-a-healthy-body.html |title=Review/Film; Scurrying Back in Time In Search of a Healthy Body |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 18, 1992 |access-date=August 27, 2012}}</ref> Owen Gleiberman at ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' described it routine urban chase thriller with sci-fi gimmicks, and a "cheap mishmash of ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[RoboCop]]'', and ''[[Total Recall (1990 film)|Total Recall]]''".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Owen |last=Gleiberman |url=http://ew.com/article/1992/01/31/freejack-2/ |title=Freejack |publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=January 31, 1992 |access-date=August 27, 2012}}</ref>

On the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'', Anthony Hopkins called the film "terrible".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpiokKpdLwQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/OpiokKpdLwQ| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Anthony Hopkins freejack terrible|date=May 3, 2018 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>