Review of Backdraft (1991) by Jonathan Rosenbaum for Chicago Reader — 21 Jan 2016
Howard, as usual, seems bent on mixing genres to make several movies at once--monster movie, crime movie, coming-of-age movie, and action-adventure movie (among others)--yielding an overall narrative that's not boring but not especially suspenseful or focused either.
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This review of Backdraft (1991) was written by Jonathan Rosenbaum and published by Chicago Reader on 21 Jan 2016.
Backdraft has generally received positive reviews.
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