This $40 million adventure fantasy puts a shiny polish on familiar elements: airborne hero, damsel in distress, Nazi villains, 1930s Hollywood glamor, and dazzling special effects.
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04/18/07
The Rocketeer (1991)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:30
Rotten:18
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: An action-packed, if anachronistic, look back at pulp matinee serials, The Rocketeer may ring hollow with viewers expecting more than simple fun and gee-whiz special effects.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: In the tense atmosphere preceding World War II, millionaire Howard Hughes develops the invention of the century: a high-powered mini jet-pack. Nazi agents steal a prototype of the device, but lose... [More]
Starring: Bill Campbell, Alan Arkin, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Sorvino
Director: Joe Johnston
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Reviews for The Rocketeer
An overlooked classic that is alive with the heroics and nostalgia of big-studio era Hollywood.
12/19/03
A fun outing, harkening back to the old serial days. Dalton is appropriately hammy as the Errol Flynn-type villain.
11/03/02
lives and breathes with the spirit of the old adventure pulp comics or Saturday matinee serials. Its charms will probably be lost on most of this jaded generation
03/19/03
No review available.
12/12/03
Truer to the old school Saturday matinee spirit than any modern film this side of Indiana Jones
09/10/05
No review available.
10/12/04
Wonderful comic book movie.
07/06/03
The Rocketeer may not be perfect, but it's an excellent example of how to adapt a comic book to the screen.
02/13/01
Top CriticIt's a great comic-book style adventure with good humor, thrills and charm, and it's entertaining.
11/07/02
No review available.
10/01/02
Based on a comic book, deliciously corny but not campy, "The Rocketeer" is the movie Dick Tracy and Batman wanted to be.
01/01/00
No review available.
02/18/05
One of the most faithful visual adaptations of a comic series every put to film, The Rocketeer failed to find it's deserved audience but is worth the rental or purchase.
08/08/02
No review available.
02/05/04
Such an idealized time never really existed, to be sure, but once in a while it's nice to think it might have.
01/01/00
No review available.
02/05/03
The Rocketeer is a throwback to when movie heroes weren’t burdened by irony or existential angst.
08/08/05
This is a wonderful tying together of historic detail in the story of a man who becomes a super-hero with the help of a rocket pack.
01/01/00
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