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Ablaze (2019 film), New Zealand telemovie [2] The Academy: Orange County Fire Authority Recruit Class 36 (FOX reality TV 2009) [3] America Burning: The Yarnell Hill Fire Tragedy and the Nation's Wildfire Crisis (Weather Channel 2014) [4] Angels Too Soon (WTTV 2003) [5] Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers (TV 2006) The Big Burn (PBS 2019)
Backdraft is a 1991 American action thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen.Starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick, and J. T. Walsh, it follows Chicago firefighters on the trail of a serial arsonist.
It highlights 3 specific individuals involved with the Detroit Fire Department. Dave Parnell is a 33-year veteran firefighter, living in the same neighborhood as Engine 50. The film shows Parnell's last year on the job, approaching retirement as he turns 60 years old, and coming to terms with the death of his ailing, longtime wife, Gloria.
Olly Richards of Empire rated it 1/5 stars and wrote, "Avoid like the plague. The nasty Bubonic kind." [9] Henry Barnes of The Guardian rated it 1/5 stars and called it too violent and clichéd. [10] Tyler Foster of DVD Talk rated it 3.5/5 stars and said that it gives its demographic exactly what they want but no more. [11]
The site's critical consensus reads, "Instead of humanizing the firemen, the movie idolizes them, and thus renders them into cardboard characters." [ 6 ] On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews. [ 7 ]
Firefighter, Who Famously Saved 3 Teens in 2015 and Inspired “Breakthrough” Film, Is Fighting for His Life After Heart Surgery. Charlotte Phillipp. January 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM.
The film was a bomb at the box office. It opened in 7th place with a paltry $3.8 million (behind six films that had all been released at least three weeks earlier) and took in only $8.1 million in the United States during its theatrical run. [2] [1]
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