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Fire Birds (1990) 4.3
The U.S. Government is willing to help any country that requires help in ridding themselves of drugs with support from the Army. Unfortunately, the drug cartels have countered that offer by... See full summary » Director:David Green |
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Jake Preston
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Brad Little
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A.K. McNeil
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Mary Ellen Trainor | ... |
Janet Little
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General Olcott
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Darren Phillips
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Doug Daniels
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The U.S. Government is willing to help any country that requires help in ridding themselves of drugs with support from the Army. Unfortunately, the drug cartels have countered that offer by hiring one of the best air-combat mercenaries and have armed him with a Scorpion attack helicopter. The army decides to send in it's best people from it's Apache Air Combat school. But first they have to be taught how to fly air-to-air combat missions Written by Michael O'Keefe <epamok@epa.ericsson.se>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
25 May 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Aguilas de fuego See more »Box Office
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$14,760,451 (USA)Company Credits
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Jake Preston: You're not touching her you filthy piece of shit!
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Written by Dan Covey
Performed by Judson Spence
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
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Some of the scenes were built on a set inside the Tucson Convention Center. See more »Goofs
During the final battle with Stoller, Jake and his Apache are directly behind Stoller's Scorpion. However, the impacts from the Hydra rockets are squarely on the side of the Scorpion if it were perpendicular to the Apache. See more »Quotes
[Jake is trying to rescue Guthrie from Stoller]Jake Preston: You're not touching her you filthy piece of shit!
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"Chain Of Fools"Written by Dan Covey
Performed by Judson Spence
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
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The first tip that you're in for a stinker is the generic use of the term "South America" without naming a specific country (kind of like talking about "Asia" or "Europe" or "Africa" in the same way). Then there is Nic Cage as helicopter pilot par excellence Preston telling the Joint Chiefs that the drug cartel is "killing Americans every day." When Tommy Lee Jones shows up for a totally obnoxious performance -- and certainly when the utterly disposable Sean Young appears just minutes later -- you realize you're watching one of the biggest turkeys ever put on celluloid.
The only thing that saves this from being a "1" -- barely -- is the fact that there are marquee stars in this, and the extra point is for marveling at what kind of morons these stars must have for agents.