Fire Birds

1990
PG-13
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

4.7/10

7.3K

YOUR RATING

Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.

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Dark Comedy Action Adventure

Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.

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IMDb RATING

4.7/10

7.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The enemy jet fighter is portrayed by a Swedish SAAB J 35F 'Draken' (Dragon).

Goofs
An OH-58D (The helicopter flown by Sean Young's character) can not be flown single-pilot in the left seat. Many of the Mission-Related controls are only available to the Right-hand seat (Pilot-in-command seat.)

Quotes
Jake Preston: I AM THE GREATEST!

Connections
Edited into Supreme Sanction (1999)

Soundtracks
Do You Remember
Written and Performed by Phil Collins
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
by Arrangement with Warner Special Products / Virgin Records Limited

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Truly wretched

Inane rip-off starring Nicholas Cage as a helicopter pilot being trained by Tommy Lee Jones for a mission against drug dealers while romancing fellow pilot Sean Young. This is an unsubtle remake of "Top Gun" with a few scenes from "An Officer and a Gentlemen" thrown in for good measure. Nothing works: not the acting, the writing, of the direction. Everything is awful. A truly wretched piece of film making.