Backdraft (1991) (1991)

Movies Viewed in 2019 (200 movies items)

" First Viewing Viewing Date: November 9th Via: iTunes Store Plot: Two Chicago firefighter brothers, who don't get along, have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose. Rating: 7.7/10"

Watched in 2019 (45 movies items)

"Cool special effect, dumb story and over-the-top characters, and not in a good way. "

Favorite Drama Films: 1990-1991 (74 movies items)

" Directed by: Ron Howard Produced by: Raffaella De Laurentiis, Pen Densham, Larry De Wayy, Richard Barton Lewis, Brian Grazer, and John Watson Written by: Gregory Widen Cinematography: Mikeal Salomon Edited by: Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill Music by: Hans Zimmer Songs and lyics by: Bruce Hornsby and John Hornsby Distributed by: Universal Pictures"

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Favorite Action Films: 1990-1991 (40 movies items)

" Directed by: Ron Howard Produced by: Raffaella De Laurentiis, Pen Densham, Larry De Wayy, Richard Barton Lewis, Brian Grazer, and John Watson Written by: Gregory Widen Cinematography: Mikeal Salomon Edited by: Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill Music by: Hans Zimmer Songs and lyics by: Bruce Hornsby and John Hornsby Distributed by: Universal Pictures"

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Rebecca De Mornay - Movies (17 person items)

" Rebecca De Mornay and Kurt Russell"

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Best Films of 1991 (90 movies items)

"Fire and shit"

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"2007: 788 2006: 716 2005: 681 2004: 637 2003: 586 2002: 492 2001: 456 2000: 368 1999: 326 1998: 294 1997: 221 1996: 203 1995: 166 1994: 107 1993: 96 1992: 76 "

Top 10 Kurt Russell Performances (10 movies items)

"#4: Stephen "Bull" McCaffrey, Backdraft!"

Legendary Robert DeNiro... An Actor Tribute (22 movies items)

" 1991 "

An average movie

“I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I had it on DVD, I was quite eager to check it out again. I have noticed that, even though there are countless movies about cops, there are somehow not so many movies about firefighters and this movie must be by far the most famous one about this subject. It is easy to understand why as the firefighting scenes were just so damned impressive, even more than 20 years later. Indeed, you really get the feeling that you are out there with those guys and they managed to give the fire some kind of mesmerising quality. Unfortunately, to be honest, pretty much everything else wasn't really good, I'm afraid. I mean, they had a really solid cast and they did what they could but instead of focusing only on the MacCaffrey brothers which s” read more

BradWesley123's Movie Journal- March 2016 (31 movies items)

" VHS- 2hrs. 15min. First Viewing As a piece of studio blockbuster fare, Backdraft is pretty strong. As a complete story however, it's pretty goofy. The script is all over the place, in terms of both story (fairly episodic) and tone (at times, bipolar), and the plot points are ones that you can see coming from a mile away. It's pretty well-made though; the sound and visual effects are some of the finest put to film, and things move along decently. The cast is solid too, if often misused; Russell "