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Realism in our case would make a very bad movie because the fact is that in almost every fire the smoke conditions completely obscure all vision. "The movie...came pretty close at times, but it also suffered from the very same, all too common shortcomings that any visual presentation was bound to encounter (...)
- $152.4 million
- May 24, 1991
- $40 million
- Hans Zimmer
Oct 10, 2023 · Image via Universal Pictures. The Big Picture. Backdraft was a massive success and pop culture phenomenon in 1991, but it has since faded from our collective memory. The film is a superficially...
- Tom Reimann
May 24, 1991 · Unfortunately, they are at the service of an unworthy plot. If the story of this movie had risen to the level of the production values, it might really have amounted to something. The movie grafts no less than three formulas onto its wonderful action scenes.
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Sep 3, 2021 · The Hollywood Reporter. But Backdraft is most riveting when its characters are literally in the line of fire. As director Ron Howard points out, practical, not digital, special effects made the...
The best thing to come out of this movie is Backdraft fire special effects show at Unversial Studios Hollywood, and that's not saying much. It closed down in 2010 after 19 years worth of shows. Overall: watch it if bored, but don't think too much into it.
Backdraft is a solid movie for those that never saw it. It's not "whoa holy fuck" mindblowing but it's a solid drama, good mystery/thriller plot, some solid action, impressive visual effects that still hold up to this day and a very high quality cast with Kurt Russell and DeNiro as the cornerstones. 27.
May 25, 2021 · Since he doesn’t know he’s in a movie, he doesn’t know that Swayzak being played by J.T. Walsh (also in IRON MAZE, DEFENSELESS and TRUE IDENTITY that year) means he’s a bad guy. And that ex-girlfriend Jennifer is Swayzak’s assistant, and he’s trying to get with her.
