Review of The Towering Inferno (1974) by Johnny T — 23 May 2013

A Titanic tale of hubris...knot-in-the-stomach scary from the moment the fire gets out of control to the last-ditch heroics that come hours later. Ironically, there's now something almost comforting about the way the film sticks to formula, but the action is still authentically thrilling. You may not get out of this movie with any important ideas about American architecture or enterprise, but you will have had a vivid, completely safe nightmare. A starry cast share out roles that are less like characters than places in a lifeboat. The movie far inferior than the Irwin Allen classic, Poseidon. In Poseidon, you care and feel sympathy for the character, but in The Towering Inferno, you just don't care for any of its characters. Director Guillermin deserved to be made an honorary fire chief, though he is driven to some desperate measures to cap each mounting disaster with ever more outlandish rescues.

VERDICT: "In The Zone" - [Mixed Reaction] These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says buy an ex-rental or a cheap price of the DVD to own. If you consider cinema, ask for people's opinion on the film. (Films that are rated 2.5 or 3 stars).