Ladder 49 (2004)

6.2	Listal rating
6.4	IMDB rating

Directed by

Jay Russell

Starring (View all)

Jack Morrison

Captain Mike Kennedy

Linda Morrison

Lenny Richter

Tommy Drake

Dennis Gauquin

Ray Gauquin

Tony Corrigan

Written by

Lewis Colick

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Exploitation

6 years, 3 months ago at Feb 4 12:55

jasoncarulli

3 votes

I always felt like this film was a cheap Hollywood exploitation of the firefighter following the 9/11 tragedy. It drew big numbers at the box office from sympathetic viewers but ultimately, the film was just ok.

A good movie

1 year, 4 months ago at Jan 16 8:34

johanlefourbe

3 votes

Honestly, before watching this, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since it was starring John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix, I thought I should give it a try. Eventually, it ended up being the best movie about the subject I have ever seen. I mean, it is not like any I have seen 1000's movies about firefighters and it doesn't mean it is a masterpiece but I thought the whole thing was pretty... read more

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Description: Joaquin Phoenix is great in this saga of Baltimore firefighter Jack Morrison, whose life starts flashing before his eyes when he becomes trapped in a blazing high rise. Flashbacks chronicle his memories of being a rookie at his Baltimore fire company. He remembers fighting his first fire, bonding with fellow firefighters, falling in l ... (more)

Release date : 1 October 2004
UPC: 786936242638

Drama (13), Action (7), 2004 (6), Friendship (4), Firefighter (4), (4), 2000s (3), Thriller (2), Funeral (2), Supermarket (2), Number In Title (2), Impressive (2), Greatest (2), Irish Catholic (2), Ace (2), Flirting (2), Rooftop (2), HD (2), Baltimore Maryland (2), Favorable (2)

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johanlefourbe posted a review 1 year, 4 months ago

A good movie

“Honestly, before watching this, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since it was starring John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix, I thought I should give it a try. Eventually, it ended up being the best movie about the subject I have ever seen. I mean, it is not like any I have seen 1000's movies about firefighters and it doesn't mean it is a masterpiece but I thought the whole thing was pretty entertaining but still rather realistic. John Travolta gave, as usual, a decent performance and Joaquin Phoenix was just impressive (thank God he dropped the whole retirement-I-wanna-be-a-rapper thing!). I know it is not a real popular flick but I think it is actually rather underrated. Of course, the story is nothing mindblowing whatsoever and it is actually rather predictable but they managed t” read more