Review of Firefox (1982) by Stuart K — 01 Mar 2010
Clint Eastwood's 8th film as director, and sandwiched inbetween the whimsy of Bronco Billy (1980) and Honkytonk Man (1982), he opted to do this adaptation of Welsh author Craig Thomas' 1977 novel.
It's 80's action cheese of the purest sort, but it has a cast of "Oh my God!! Look who it is!!" kind of actors, and some good special effects for it's day. It has Mitchell Gant (Eastwood), an ace pilot and Vietnam vet, is recruited in an Anglo-American operation to steal a highly advanced Soviet fighter aircraft, a MiG 31, known otherwise as Firefox.
Gant is sent to Moscow, deepest Soviet territory. He was selected as he has a Russian mother, so it makes him the right man for the job. But, when the KGB get wind of what Gant is up to, they're now breathing down his neck, and he soon learns of a second Firefox housed in the same hanger as the on they're after, which is to be destroyed.
It's cheesy but it's exciting once he gets to the Firefox, it truly and literally takes off. The special effects by Star Wars effects guru John Dykstra are well done. The supporting cast including Freddie Jones, Warren Clarke, Ronald Lacey and Nigel Hawthorne are worth seeing it for.
This review of Firefox (1982) was written by Stuart K on 01 Mar 2010.
Firefox has generally received mixed reviews.
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