YMMV / Exit Wounds

• Ensemble Dark Horse: Comic relief supporting characters T.K. Anderson and David Wayne are generally considered as doing their jobs particularly well among the cast.
• Fair for Its Day: While the film does a lot of glamorizing of Cowboy Cop antics that might get a mixed reception from New 20s' viewers, Da Chief and Internal Affairs figures are given a nuanced portrayal, and the film does delve into the threat of police corruption victimizing the black community and the sinisterness of the Blue Wall while also having the leads speak disapprovingly of how Detective Montini is a bully who has been involved in multiple suspicious shootings.
• Harsher in Hindsight: It can sting for modern viewers to watch DMX play a man trying to bring down a drug ring, given how, in 2021, he died of the effects of a long term addiction to cocaine.
• Funny Moments: DMX and TK go to a car dealership to openly flaunt their wealth as part of DMX's plan to ensnare the drug dealers he's plotting against. While there, they pretty much embarrass the one (possibly self-hating) Black car salesman in the store, a snobbish Jerkass, forcing the poor guy to drop some F-bombs in public... and then toss a suitcase of money to the nearby White salesman; who was more collected while silently watching the whole thing play out and tossing over the keys of the car DMX was in upon request, being the primary reason why the sale was successful.
• He's Just Hiding: Some see Mulcahy's death as potentially survivable, and point out that the only person to outright say that she was dead afterwards was someone with a good motive to lie to and manipulate Boyd.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Mulcahy, suffers from Dropped a Bridge on Him well before the climax despite havnig an interesting balanced Da Chief performance and some good Ship Tease with Boyd.
• Vanilla Protagonist: While Orrin Boyd may be a step above the average character Steven Seagal plays, he is still a fairly generic Cowboy Cop. He is surrounded by colorful characters who feel like they could have carried this movie or one like it, including Internal Affairs cop turned Reasonable Authority Figure Da Chief Mulcahy (whose past includes cleaning up several precincts), smooth Nouveau Riche Leon Rollins and his associates, fast-talking T.K. and Trish The Smart Girl (who are engaged in some clever Amateur Sleuth actions to ferret out police corruption and exonerate Leon's fall guy brother), Badass Bureaucrats Chief Hinges and Captain Daniels, high strung radio host and Ascended Fanboy Henry, Boyd's partner George Clark (a Family Man capable of Beware the Nice Ones moments), hulking Southern detective Useldinger (who once took down a KKK cell singlehandedly), and Sergeant Strutt (a Genius Bruiser who tries to keep the peace, sets up other cops with second jobs, and once killed a rabid Doberman with his bare hands). However, those other characters are all supporting players at best and Bitch in Sheep's Clothing villains at worst.