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Fire Birds

5.0/10
TMDB204 votes
1990Original: English85 min

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.

Genres: Action, Adventure
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young, Bryan Kestner, Dale Dye

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About Fire Birds

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Fire Birds (1990) is a film in the action, adventure genres. Directed by David Green. The cast includes Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young, Bryan Kestner.

Released
1990-05-25
Original language
English
Runtime
85 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Nova International Films, Touchstone Pictures
Directors
David Green
Writers
Step Tyner, Paul F. Edwards, Dale Dye, Nick Thiel, John K. Swensson

Fire Birds cast & characters

Audience reviews

5.0/10 from 204 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

The Movie Mob

TMDB member review

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.…

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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.

Sierbahnn

TMDB member review

This is a helicopter-based version of Top Gun and it has a lot of issues. The unlikability of the characters is enough to make me want to turn this off and the horrifyingly bad attitude that our main protagonist has towards what is framed as his love interest but is portrayed more as a very toxic relationship is gut churning. You then add some really bad pseudo-military jargon and some half decent footage of Apache…

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This is a helicopter-based version of Top Gun and it has a lot of issues. The unlikability of the characters is enough to make me want to turn this off and the horrifyingly bad attitude that our main protagonist has towards what is framed as his love interest but is portrayed more as a very toxic relationship is gut churning. You then add some really bad pseudo-military jargon and some half decent footage of Apache attack helicopters and you have a slightly below average movie. This isn't fun. It isn't good and it isn't enjoyable. I would not recommend you spend your time watching this.

Questions about Fire Birds

What is Fire Birds about?

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.

Who stars in Fire Birds?

Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young, Bryan Kestner, Dale Dye, Illana Diamant. See the cast cards above for character names.

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