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Fire Birds( 1990)

TV-MAActionAdventure
51%
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Overview

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 Billed Cast

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      Nicolas Cage

      Jake Preston

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      Tommy Lee Jones

      Brad Little

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      Sean Young

      Billie Lee Guthries

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      Bryan Kestner

      Breaker

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      Dale Dye

      A.K. McNeil

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      Illana Diamant

      Sharon Geller

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      Peter Onorati

      Rice

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      Marshall R. Teague

      Doug Daniels

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      Gregory Vahanian

      Tom Davis

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      Cylk Cozart

      Dewar Proctor

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      Charles Kahlenberg

      Oscar De Marco

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      Robert Lujan

      Steward Rives

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      Charles Lanyer

      Darren Phillips

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      Mary Ellen Trainor

      Janet Little

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      J.A. Preston

      General Olcott

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      Mickey Yablans

      Butch Tippet

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    A review by The Movie Mob

    4
    Written by The Movie Mob on Mon Jan 02 2023
    **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 ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    22000000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • flying
    • drugs