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It's not particularly deep, but Backdraft is a strong action movie with exceptional special effects. Read critic reviews
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Backdraft videos
Backdraft: Official Clip - Stephen's Final Words
Backdraft: Official Clip - Swayzak Is Served
Backdraft: Official Clip - That's My Brother
Backdraft: Official Clip - You Go, We Go
Backdraft: Official Clip - Tim and the Backdraft
Backdraft: Official Clip - Ronald's Parole Hearing
Backdraft: Official Clip - Stephen the Hero
Backdraft: Official Clip - Catching the Arsonist
Backdraft: Official Clip - Who Doesn't Love Fire?
Backdraft: Official Clip - Fire Is a Living Thing
Backdraft: Official Clip - Race Between Brothers
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Movie Info
Chicago firefighting brothers Stephen (Kurt Russell) and Brian (William Baldwin) have been rivals since childhood. Brian, struggling to prove himself, transfers to the arson unit. There he aids Don (Robert De Niro) in his investigation into a spate of fires involving oxygen-induced infernos called backdrafts. But when a conspiracy implicating a crooked politician and an arsonist leads Brian back to Stephen, he is forced to overcome his brotherly competitiveness in order to crack the case.
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Rating: R
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Genre: Mystery & thriller, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Ron Howard
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Producer: Pen Densham, Richard B. Lewis, John Watson
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Writer: Gregory Widen
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $75.7M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Universal Pictures
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Production Co: Imagine Entertainment, Trilogy Entertainment Group, Universal Pictures
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Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track
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Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Scope (2.35:1)
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I have enjoyed this film for a long time and I am one of the biggest fans of this film, especially since I have admired firefighters since I was very young and I appreciate what those brave heroes do for us every day and night. My admiration for firefighters increased even further after the September 11th attacks. Now, this film is good for the most part. But, there are some goofs in this film, like firefighters not donning their breathing apparatus in certain parts. All in all, just well done and I had little to no complaints! Just LOTS of fun to watch! :-) Good job, Ron Howard, the cast and crew! Nothing else to say . Just a good popcorn muncher of a film!
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The crime-thriller, family-drama and action hero elements of the film rub up against each other rather than meshing, but the skill that went in to the filmmaking behind Backdraft is irrefutable.
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The fire effects have held up remarkably well, but that's about the only thing of note. This notion that fire is a "living breathing thing" and is essentially the the film's main villain ( I'd argue Scott Glenn was just a henchman) is entirely too stupid to forgive.
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Pretty solid, classic style of the 90s action movie. This film has too much "showboating;" it takes so long to get around to the actual firefighting sometimes, instead focusing on the family drama (which is needed and interesting, but still doesn't really hit an effective crescendo) and the brothers' relationships with their girlfriends/families (which is important in the case of Russell's character, but clearly extraneous in Baldwin's case). So these outside story arcs are necessary to some extent but they're focused on in too much detail considering that most of them are barely relevant to the story. The actual firefighting is really cool, and serves as a testament to firefighters' bravery. The backdraft aspect is really cool, plus I like how De Niro's character analyzes how the fires are started. Now if they had focused more on the firefighting itself rather than all the other shit, and maybe cut a few minutes off this film, it could've been more entertaining and had a better flow. As is, it's still a pretty interesting film, and worth checking out once at least.
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