"[i]Combat Shock[/i] is clearly meant to be a political statement, albeit one wrapped up in the neo-realistic filth of a NYC crumbling into decay. There has never been a movie this fetid, this streaked with the stains of a million displaced and dour people. From the desolate apartment which Frankie calls home to the bombed out buildings that resemble the ruins of a defeated nation, Giovinazzo turns the Big Apple into one incredibly sour fruit... if you are looking for a film that tells the true story about what life was like for returning veterans in the '70s, if you want all the pain and political posturing, unresolved emotions and lingering social failings, this is the film to seek out." - Bill Gibron, PopMatters