Critical response for
Shadow of the Hawk has been mostly negative.
Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars, criticizing the film's screenplay, and dialogue.
Time Out London panned the film, calling it "A tired, TV-style chase movie", and stated that the film's only point of interest was
Chief Dan George's performance. Alternately, Kurt Dahlke of
DVD Talk gave the film a more positive review, commending the film's imagery, and special effects, while also noting the occasional "static pacing", and what he called "dueling-eye-closeups". The film was the third-highest-grossing English language Canadian film of all time in Canada with a gross of $1.5 million. ==References==