Wesley Morris: "To Live and Die in L.A.': Friedkin's finest hour. In: SF Examiner. 16. April 1999, abgerufen am 15. April 2009 (englisch): „Some of the best crook-on-crook, cop-on-crook banter there ever was and John Turturro’s best cursing in a motion picture … the six-lane rush-hour car chase that would make Popeye Doyle crash and burn … The only problem is that Friedkin would never get any better than this.“
