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Dusty Nelson (written by)
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A fire chief (Gunn) is investigating the cause of a string of blazes that threaten to destroy her small town, while at the same time dealing with her teen daughter's rebelliousness. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Jeff Fahey ... Robert 'Jake' Wheeler

Janet Gunn ... Darcy Hamilton
Richard Danielson ... Mack Woodsen
Greta Danielle Newgren ... Kylie Hamilton

Lukas Behnken ... Glen Saunders
Dean Stockwell ... Mayor Bill Klinger

Elisabeth Nunziato ... Rosa Hernandez (as Elizabeth Nunciato)

Rueben Grundy ... John McMillan
Thomas M. Ficke ... Larry Jenkins (as Tom Ficke)
Kevin Bailey ... Larry Johnson
Ellie Watkins ... Amanda Johnson
Eliza Lubetkin ... Mary Johnson

Diane Luby Lane ... Wendy (as Diane Luby)
Melissa Shaker ... Jenny Haslit
Richard Gross ... Sergeant Tony Barnes
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Also Known As:
California Firestorm (USA) (alternative title)
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Rated PG for violence/peril.
Runtime:
Argentina:90 min | USA:91 min
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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Utterly Incompetent!, 19 December 2005
Author: Crap_Connoisseur from Australia

I think I'd rather burn in an inferno than sit through this film again. I can deal with the horrendous script, the appalling acting, the incompetent directing and the sinful waste of an excellent actor like Jeff Fahey, but what I can not excuse is the fact that "Inferno" is overwhelmingly dull and boring.

The first half of Inferno is as riveting as watching paint dry. Poor Janet Gunn looks completely at sea with the ridiculous role of Darcy, a single mother/fire jumper. When Darcy isn't jumping from planes to watch other people put out fires, she's busy fighting with her daughter, Kylie. The girl who plays Kylie is truly one of the least talented actresses I have ever seen. To describe her acting as wooden would be an insult to wood. And yet, Kylie is not the most poorly acted role in the film. That title undoubtedly belongs to the girl who portrays Mary, surely the worst child actor since Curly Sue.

I'm not sure what is actually more offensive, the acting or the pathetic special effects. In the director's commentary of Ladder 49, Jay Russell says that fire is about the only thing that CGI can not adequately create. After watching this film, I have to agree. The fires look like they have been drawn on the screen with a child's crayon.

I can really only think of two uses for "Inferno" - as landfill or as a handbook on how not to make a movie. Only for die-hard fans of Jeff Fahey, Dean Stockwell or Janet Gunn.

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