Fire Birds (1990)

★ 5.0 1h 25m 196 votes IMDb
Action Adventure

A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.

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Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage as Jake Preston Age 62 · Long Beach, California, USA Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola; January 7, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Go...
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones as Brad Little Age 79 · San Saba, Texas, USA Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samu...
Sean Young
Sean Young as Billie Lee Guthries Age 66 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA Sean Young, born Mary Sean Young on November 20, 1959, in Louisville, Kentucky, is an American actress recognized for her roles in 1980s sci-fi and thrillers. A former model and dancer trained at the...
Bryan Kestner
Bryan Kestner as Breaker Age 61 · West Virginia, USA
Dale Dye
Dale Dye as A.K. McNeil Age 81 · Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA Dale Adam Dye Jr. (born October 8, 1944) is an American actor, technical advisor, radio personality and writer. A decorated Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, Dye is the founder and head of Warriors,...
Director David Green
Cast Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young, Bryan Kestner, Dale Dye, Illana Diamant, Peter Onorati, Marshall R. Teague, Gregory Vahanian, Cylk Cozart

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The Movie Mob 4/10 Jan 02, 2023
**A miserably bungled Top Gun impersonation with helicopters… why?**

Lame Top Gun with helicopters. Almost everything is a straight rip-off. Nic Cage is a much more exaggerated Maverick. Tommy Lee Jones fills the Viper role. Flight school. Overly cocky pilots. Contentious playful romance. Fire Birds so closely replicated Top Gun that it forced a comparison that Fire Birds lost miserably. The cheese factor was cringe. The soundtrack was nowhere near the quality of Harold Faltermeyer’s anthem. David Green couldn’t measure up to Tony Scott’s directing mastery. Even with some of the 90s’ bigger stars, Fire Birds couldn’t burn bright.

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