Fire Over Afghanistan (2003)

Director:

Terence H. Winkless

Writers:

Raly Radouloff (writer)
Terence H. Winkless (writer)

Release Date:

23 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Tagline:

His struggle to escape will become their war

Plot:

Blackhawk pilot and reporter are knocked out of the sky over renegade warlord's territory and struggle against impossible odds to escape with their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Pilot | Captain | Country Name In Title | Helicopter

Cast

Jeff Stearns	...	Captain Jeff Walker
Jordan Bayne	...	Kris Andrews
Fred Dryer	...	Colonel Collins
Mihail Meltev	...	Massood Hadjani
Nicolai Sugarev	...	Rajib
Dimitar Terziev	...	Babashan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Katkin	...	Captain Conrad
Mel Lewis	...	Lieutenant

Directed by
Terence H. Winkless

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Raly Radouloff		writer
Terence H. Winkless		writer

Produced by
Raly Radouloff	....	producer
Terence H. Winkless	....	producer

Original Music by
Cyril Petrushev
Peter Tzankoff

Cinematography by
Radoslav Ginovski

Film Editing by
George Georgiev
Kamen Markov

Production Design by
Stephen Doritch

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vanja Bajdarova	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Ivaylo Natzev	....	location sound mixer

Stunts
Danko Jordanov	....	stunts
Asen Marinov	....	stunts
Emil Videv	....	stunt coordinator
Emil Videv	....	stunts

Production Companies

• L&P Productions

Distributors

• Concorde-New Horizons
• New Concorde Home Entertainment
• Safecracker Pictures (2011) (UK) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Topform Studio Inc.

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence including rape and language

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

L&P Productions

How to Not Make a Movie.

I thought this movie seemed like a case study in how not to make a movie for the most part. Since I am a filmmaker, I give it a 2 for consistency.

The problems remain from beginning to end with the plot being extremely predictable using bits and pieces of most, if not all, previous successful war stories. The computer generated graphics were too much like viewing a video game at points and there seemed to be no attempt by the director to add some realistic quality to the story. I was interested in the budget to get an idea of what he had to work with, but did not find that information.

It seemed like this project pushed the limits of a low budget movie too far resulting in a production that drags the viewer along with the story without their imagination being engaged. The actors weren't bad, but the plot needs more innovation.