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If you think of movies as big-screen video games, see Fire Birds. If not, you may want to skip this Top Gun with copters and cartels.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Overview
A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.
Director and cast
- David Green Director
- Nicolas Cage as Jake Preston
- Tommy Lee Jones as Brad Little
- Sean Young as Billie Lee Guthries
- Bryan Kestner as Breaker
- Dale Dye as A.K. McNeil
- Illana Diamant as Sharon Geller
- Peter Onorati as Rice
- Marshall R. Teague as Doug Daniels
- Gregory Vahanian as Tom Davis
- Cylk Cozart as Dewar Proctor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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David Green structures the film in the mold of the time-honored boys-into- men military exercise, but don't go looking for The Sands of Iwo Jima.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
Lean, mean, clean and empty-hearted, Fire Birds is a video-game recruiting poster with a bomb ticking inside--a bomb that never goes off.
Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Sir. No, sir.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
The action here is more like something you'd expect to pop a quarter in a machine for.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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