Movie Cosmos - Fire Birds

Description:

A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.

Top Cast >

Nicolas Cage

As Jake Preston

Tommy Lee Jones

As Brad Little

Sean Young

As Billie Lee Guthries

Bryan Kestner

As Breaker

Dale Dye

As A.K. McNeil

Illana Diamant

As Sharon Geller

Peter Onorati

As Rice

Marshall R. Teague

As Doug Daniels

Gregory Vahanian

As Tom Davis

Cylk Cozart

As Dewar Proctor

Charles Kahlenberg

As Oscar De Marco

Robert Lujan

As Steward Rives

Charles Lanyer

As Darren Phillips

Mary Ellen Trainor

As Janet Little

J.A. Preston

As General Olcott

Mickey Yablans

As Butch Tippet

Top Crew >

David Green

Director

Reviews:

The Movie Mob (4/10)

A miserably bungled Top Gun impersonation with helicopters… why?

Lame Top Gun with helicopters. Almost everything is a straight rip-off. Nic Cage is a much more exaggerated Maverick. Tommy Lee Jones fills the Viper role. Flight school. Overly cocky pilots. Contentious playful romance. Fire Birds so closely replicated Top Gun that it forced a comparison that Fire Birds lost miserably. The cheese factor was cringe. The soundtrack was nowhere near the quality of Harold Faltermeyer’s anthem. David Green couldn’t measure up to Tony Scott’s directing mastery. Even with some of the 90s’ bigger stars, Fire Birds couldn’t burn bright.

2023-01-02