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Firestorm (1998)

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Average Rating: 3.3/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 22

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Average Rating: 3.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 5

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This Chris Soth screenplay is directed by Dean Semler, the Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves cinematographer who also did cinematography for Waterworld and Last Action Hero. The film's action hero is Howie Long (Broken Arrow), Fox Sports commentator and former NFL star. Wyoming firefighter Jesse Graves (Long) leads a team of smoke-jumpers who parachute into forest fires. Inside a penitentiary, killer Earl Shaye (William Forsythe) devises an escape plan in order to recover a hidden $37 million. He

R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Dean Semler

Written By: Chris Soth

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Dec 18, 2001

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

Howie Long
Jesse Graves
Scott Glenn
Wynt Perkins
William Forsythe
Earl Shaye
Suzy Amis
Jennifer
Christianne Hirt
Monica
Garwin Sanford
Pete
Sebastian Spence
Cowboy
Michael Greyeyes
Andy
Barry Pepper
Packer
Vladimir Kulich
Karge
Tom McBeath
Loomis
Ben Ratner
Wilkins
Jonathon Young
Sherman

Critic Reviews for Firestorm

All Critics (35) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (22) | DVD (4)

In movies, as in life, you take your warmth where you can find it, but this particular wienie roast is bound to leave you cold.

April 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

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...boasts an old-fashioned sensibility that benefits from several surprisingly thrilling set pieces...

October 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

No one should mistake Firestorm for a "quality" motion picture. It's not, and it wasn't designed to be.

January 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

It is just a run-of-the-mill action movie.

January 1, 2001 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

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II am not much of a TV Movie or a Howie Long fan. Reason I watched this Movie was because Suzy Ames was in it and I am trying to watch all her movies, though Titanic will be torture to sit through (Chick Flick). This movie is about Fire jumpers on the west coast jumping and fighting forest fires. When movie started I

December 16, 2009

Bruce Bruce

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Good and dangerously action of firestorm. Sometimes spectacular and often hailariously corny, but gosh darnit, occasionally educational. For instance, did you know that at 300 degrees trees explode from their boiling sap?

February 21, 2007