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Fire Birds (1990)

Fire Birds (1990)
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Nicolas Cage stars in the below-par action film Firebirds -- a dying ember from Reagan-era nationalistic jingoism. In this Top Gun retread, Cage plays Jake Preston, a hotshot Army helicopter pilot who is being trained to use the U.S. Army's Apache aircraft to destroy the drug fields of a South American drug cartel. It up to his taskmaster instructor Brad Little (Tommy Lee Jones) to teach Jake humble lessons before he can be trusted to launch into the skies against the drug dealers. While Jake is trying to tame his egoism, he engages in a torrid love affair with flying ace Billie Lee Guthrie (Sean Young). The film was originally titled Wings of the Apache for the U.S. Army Apache assault helicopters that are prominently displayed in the film. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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Starring:
Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, (more)
Director(s):
David Green
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Fire Birds

Nicolas Cage stars in the below-par action film Firebirds -- a dying ember from Reagan-era nationalistic jingoism. In this Top Gun retread, Cage plays Jake Preston, a hotshot Army helicopter pilot who is being trained to use the U.S. Army's Apache aircraft to destroy the drug fields of a South American drug cartel. It up to his taskmaster instructor Brad Little (Tommy Lee Jones) to teach Jake humble lessons before he can be trusted to launch into the skies against the drug dealers. While Jake is trying to tame his egoism, he engages in a torrid love affair with flying ace Billie Lee Guthrie (Sean Young). The film was originally titled Wings of the Apache for the U.S. Army Apache assault helicopters that are prominently displayed in the film. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
87 mins

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Director(s):
David Green
Writer(s):
Nick Thiel, John K. Swensson, Dale Dye
Producer(s):
William Badalato
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13(Questionable for Children, Profanity, Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
Categories:
Action / Adventure, War
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    George T.

    If it wasn't for Tommy Lee Jones, the theater would have been burned to the ground and the actors run out of Hollywood. Jones was a dead ringer for a fast talking hardcore Army instructor pilot. He played it so well I could actually come up with a name of someone I served with that he reminded me of. Unfortunately the other stars' acting fell short enough to launch a search and rescue mission doomed for failure with no chance of recovery in sight. Some of the dialogue was similar to a 5th grade play rehearsal or audition. The lack of use of technology was rather comical as 2.75" FFARs are used to shoot down a jet in lieu of the stingers that were mounted on each wingtip. Stingers were also forgotten about while chasing the MD500 since no attempt was made to neither get a lock on the aircraft nor arm the system. In closing this movie is mildly entertaining and worth a look... unfortunately blank stare seems to be the one of choice.

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    Michael B.

    I am one of the few who actually enjoyed this film. It brought up soome features of life in the Army and the combat scenes were good. A match for Top Gun and the Iron Eagle frachse

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    Tom E.

    Couldn't watch the movie, the disc was damaged

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