Stallone posted on the Ain't It Cool News website that "Nighthawks" "was a very difficult film to make namely because no one believed that urban terrorism would ever happen in New York, and thus felt that the story was far fetched. "Nighthawks" was an even better film before the studio lost faith in it and cut it to pieces. What was in the missing scenes was extraordinary acting by Rutger Hauer, Lindsay Wagner, and the finale was a blood fest that rivaled the finale of "Taxi Driver". But it was a blood fest with a purpose".