Review of The Towering Inferno (1974) by Tommy H — 10 Apr 2015
Add a few more floors to the Titanic and throw it at a volcano instead of an iceberg and you'd have The Towering Inferno. Unlike in most disaster movies where there's no disaster then suddenly the disaster is everywhere, here it starts out small and gradually gets more intense.
As a result there's less shock value, but it makes the movie more realistic. It was said that the Titanic was the ship that would never sink, but it did sink because of a small hole that grew into a sinking ship.
Even as the ship was sinking the passengers and crew found it hard to accept what's happening. The same mantra is repeated here. The owners of the building keep saying the fire won't spread. There was little reaction to the fire until it was too late.
This review of The Towering Inferno (1974) was written by Tommy H on 10 Apr 2015.
The Towering Inferno has generally received positive reviews.
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