Product Description: Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/27/2009 Run time: 138 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com: A somewhat contrived screenplay doesn't stop this thriller from serving up some of the most spectacular fire sequences ever committed to film. Like any Ron Howard production Backdraft is impressively slick and boasts a stellar cast, including Kurt Russell and William Baldwin. The actors play sibling rivals who have been at odds since the death of their firefighter father years earlier. Robert De Niro is the veteran fire inspector who is tracking a series of mysterious and deadly arsons, and Donald Sutherland is effectively creepy as the former arsonist who understands the criminal psychology of pyromaniacs. Rebecca De Mornay, Scott Glenn, and Jennifer Jason Leigh are featured in supporting roles. Backdraft is a triumph of stunt work and flaming special effects. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - Backdraft
This is an awesome movie about firefighters. It shows the dangers that firefighters have to go through and you can appreciate what they do.
Rating: - "...Some guys on this job, the fire owns them...the only way to truly kill it is to love it a little..."
Introduction: Outside of Jaws, the one of earlier movies I remember seeing as a child, [that I wasn't allowed to watch], was probably Ron Howard's "Backdraft". I was curious about fire; How ... Read More
Rating: - Backdraft
Great flick . . . a classic. Likely the most realistic depiction of fire I have ever seen
Rating: - Reply to Gary F. Taylor
Nothing personal Mr. Gary F Taylor, but the condition they portray in the film IS a Backdraft. Maybe your father was a firefighter, that does not make you one, I AM a professional firefighter. A flashover ... Read More
Rating: - EXCELLANT
This movie was released in theaters on May 24 1991 starring Kurt Russell as Stephen Bull McCaffery, William Baldwin as Brian McCaffery, and Robert DeNiro as Donald Shadow Rimgale. As a firefighter son Brian ... Read More
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