Firestorm (1998)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Dean Semler

Writer (WGA):

Chris Soth (written by)

Release Date:

9 January 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Action

Tagline:

Fight fire with fire.

Plot:

Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire...

Plot Keywords:

Fire | Forest Fire | Jail Break | Disaster | Smokejumper

Cast

Howie Long	...	Jesse Graves
Scott Glenn	...	Wynt Perkins
William Forsythe	...	Randall Alexander Shaye
Suzy Amis	...	Jennifer
Christianne Hirt	...	Monica
Garwin Sanford	...	Pete
Sebastian Spence	...	Cowboy
Michael Greyeyes	...	Andy
Barry Pepper	...	Packer
Vladimir Kulich	...	Karge
Tom McBeath	...	Loomis
Benjamin Ratner	...	Wilkins
Jonathon Young	...	Sherman
Chilton Crane	...	Tina's Mom
Robyn Driscoll	...	Tina's Dad

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #35370) | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 (original rating) | Spain:7 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/12 | UK:15 (video premiere)

Filming Locations:

Castaic, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Graham Yost was the original scriptwriter but the filmmakers changed his original material so much that he demanded his name be taken off the credits.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Smoke Jumpers do not jump with their tools, these are delivered in separate cargo parachute drops.

Quotes:

Randall Alexander Shaye: Hey smoke jumper... you still alive?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: Firestorm (#5.1)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Cat People (Putting Out the Fire)

put this fire out

Hokey, instantly forgettable action movie which seems to be trying to cash in on moviegoers fascination with disaster flicks. A hardened convict escapes from prison with a group of assorted others and sets out to recover a stash of money with a blazing forest fire as his cover. What begins as the perfect plan quickly goes awry when he's pursued by a resilient and resourceful smoke jumper (Long) determined to thwart him. Another one of those movies that takes a force of nature and drives it into the ground with thin characters, silly dialogue, and routine writing. Not a single fresh or innovative idea in the entire picture, or a single plot twist that you won't be one step ahead of. *