Also he's suffering from the same post Vietnam War disorder that John Rambo had in First Blood and that really adds to the tension. The first half of the film is a spy thriller and can be pretty nail biting at times as Clint gets his papers checked at regular intervals. Also Raiders of the Lost Ark fans can spot Ronald Lacey playing Semelovsky a Jewish scientist. Warren Clarke is really good but Freddie Jones and Nigel Hawthorne are pretty hammy. The majority of the cast is made up by British character actors. Eastwood directs himself in what is a pretty average performance by his own high standards. The effects like every 80's film have dated badly but for a movie made in 1982 they are rather good. This was a pretty sloppy use of stock footage.įirefox isn't your usual Eastwood film, he's almost branching out into Star Wars territory here with this Sci-Fi heavy Cold War Spy thriller. By the way, although the film is mostly extremely well made, in the first of many (too many) flashback scenes, Eastwood's Phantom II jet turns into a Thunderchief fighter-bomber. Overall, it's an exciting film and one that is far deeper and more interesting than a standard Eastwood shoot 'em up picture. You can't blame anyone for this.CGI technology just has improved tremendously since then. This was amazingly made for 1982 but does look a bit dated today. Then, the final third or so of the film is flying the plane home.and avoiding all the missiles and the other Firefox fighter. To me, this was the most interesting part. Much of the film consists of the mission getting into the Soviet Union and then to the plane. They need an excellent pilot who can think in Russian to go into the USSR for a covert operation.to steal the Firefox fighter jet!! Why is it that important? Well, because they plane can apparently do about mach 6 AND it has a new neural interface.and it's much more advanced than American fighters. In this one, he plays a Vietnam War fighter pilot who is called out of reserves to help his country. The film is a real change of pace for Clint Eastwood. I'd enjoyed it, but times have changed, I have changed and technology has changed.so do I still think it's a decent movie? Well, surprisingly, yes.it still is pretty good. I saw this film when it originally came out in the theaters.well over 30 years ago.
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