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6.0/10 • 546

1982-06-182h 16m

Science FictionActionAdventureThriller

...the most devastating killing machine ever built... his job... steal it!

The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.

Directors
Clint Eastwood
Editors
Ferris Webster

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood

    Mitchell Gant

  2. Freddie Jones

    Freddie Jones

    Kenneth Aubrey

  3. David Huffman

    David Huffman

    Captain Buckholz

  4. Warren Clarke

    Warren Clarke

    Pavel Upenskoy

  5. Ronald Lacey

    Ronald Lacey

    Semelovsky

  6. Kenneth Colley

    Kenneth Colley

    Colonel Kontarsky

  7. Klaus Löwitsch

    Klaus Löwitsch

    General Vladimirov

  8. Nigel Hawthorne

    Nigel Hawthorne

    Pyotr Baranovich

  9. Stefan Schnabel

    Stefan Schnabel

    First Secretary

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r96sk

Jan 30, 2022

7/10

Just good, nothing more unfortunately. 'Firefox' should be a much more entertaining and engrossing flick from 1982, but it's kinda just... there. Like, it's watchable but it really didn't do anything more for me. The 136 minute run time is a little overlong perhaps, but then if the aforementioned entertainment was there then that'd be a fine length for it to be honest. As for the cast: Clint Eastwood is solid, though the rest of the them are a little forgettable - Warren Clarke is alright, I guess. Also, and I only noticed when skimming through the credits online, apparently John Ratzenberger is in this! I do believe this is the first time we've seen Eastwood in a fighter jet since 1955's 'Tarantula', one for all you fact fans out there. Elsewhere, the special effects have not aged well at all - I can forgive that, admittedly. It might not be a must-watch, yet I'd say it's worth a sit through once.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$18,000,000.00
Revenue
$70,700,000.00
Keywords
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