The Rocketeer (1991)

5.5	Listal rating
6.1	IMDB rating

Action (8), Adventure (6), Fantasy (5), Superhero (5), 1930s (3), 1991 (3), Superheroes (3), Family (3), Based On Comic Book (3), WWII (3), Nazis (2), Action Hero (2), Steam Punk (2), Gangster (2), 1990s (2), Based On A Comic (1), Watched At Cinema (1), Jet Pack (1), Aviator (1), Nightclub (1)

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In 1938, in Los Angeles, the pilot Cliff Secord crashes his plane after being hit in the air in a shoot-out between gangsters and FBI agents in a car chase; completely broken, his best friend and mechanics A. 'Peevy' Peabody tries to fix an old plane to raise some money in an exhibition show. However, Cliff finds a package hidden by one of the gang ... (more)

Directed by

Joe Johnston

Starring (View all) :

Cliff

Jenny

Peevy

Neville Sinclair

Eddie Valentine

Howard Hughes

Fitch

Wooly

Spanish Johnny

Rusty

Written by (View all) :

Dave Stevens

Danny Bilson

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Posted : 5 months, 1 week ago at Jun 17 19:16

Good comic book movies are still the exception and this movie is one of those exceptions. I never read the comics so I don't know how literally faithful it is, but in spirit it's as faithful an adaption as you could have hoped. It's as much an homage to the time as it is the the pulp movies/fictions of the time. The art-deco mini movie poster is a classic, too.

All the actors do a bang up job, with Jennifer Connelly standing out as a Betty Page look alike and Timothy Dalton as Erroll Flynn in everything but name. Also, any movie that references Rondo Hatton deserves a viewing.

The special effects still hold up nicely (the movie will be 20 years old in a couple of years!). Definitely in the top ten of comic book/superhero movies.

Rating : 8/10

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