Review of The Rocketeer (1991) by Philip R — 13 Feb 2010

This was the very 1st movie I ever saw when I was a toddler and it's, and forever will be, one of my all time favorites. Set in 1938 Los Angeles, The Rocketeer is about a young pilot name Cliff Secord (Bill Campbell) who stumbles upon a top secret rocket pack, designed by the legendary Howard Hughes (Terry O' Quinn) and stolen from a secretive nazi spy who's known to the world as Hollywood movie star Neville Sinclair (Timothy Dalton), and becomes somewhat of an incredible fying superhero.

Based from the graphic comic book novel from Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer has just about everything: 1930's Hollywood, Gangsters, Nazi Spies, planes, and machine guns. It's like Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Top Gun.

Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, The Wolfman) directed an amazing cast of actors such as Academy Award winner Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine), as Cliff's mechanic friend Peevy.

Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas), as gangster Eddie Valentine. And Academy Award winning actress Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind), as Cliff's girlfriend Jenny Blake. The music that James Horner did for the film, who made it both sound so heroic and beautiful, was absouletly brilliant.

It wasn't a huge sucess when it came out in theaters, which I'm very upset about, but it's a movie that I think everybody should see. An absolute classic in my book.