Firefox

1982

2h 16m

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6.0/10

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The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.

Directors

Clint Eastwood

Writers

Alex Lasker(screenplay by)

Wendell Wellman(screenplay by)

Craig Thomas(novel by)

Stars

Clint Eastwood

Freddie Jones

David Huffman

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Mitchell Gant

Kenneth Aubrey

Captain Buckholz

Pavel Upenskoy

Semelovsky

Colonel Kontarsky

General Vladimirov

Pyotr Baranovich

First Secretary

General Brown

Major Lanyev

Lt. Colonel Voskov

Natalia

Walters

Captain Seerbacker

Lt. Commander Fleischer

Ward Costello

General Rogers

Alan Tilvern

Air Marshal Kutuzov

Directors

Clint Eastwood

Writers

Alex Lasker(screenplay by)

Wendell Wellman(screenplay by)

Craig Thomas(novel by)

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7/10

Just good, nothing more unfortunately. 'Firefox' should be a much more entertaining and engrossing flick from 1982, but it's kinda just... there. Like, it's watchable but it really didn't do anything more for me. The 136 minute run time is a little overlong perhaps, but then if the aforementioned entertainment was there then that'd be a fine length for it to be honest. As for the cast: Clint Eastwood is solid, though the rest of the them are a little forgettable - Warren Clarke is alright, I guess. Also, and I only noticed when skimming through the credits online, apparently John Ratzenberger is in this! I do believe this is the first time we've seen Eastwood in a fighter jet since 1955's '<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/tarantula/" rel="nofollow">Tarantula</a>', one for all you fact fans out there. Elsewhere, the special effects have not aged well at all - I can forgive that, admittedly. It might not be a must-watch, yet I'd say it's worth a sit through once.

r96sk30 Jan, 2022