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Scadinavian Edition, PAL/Region 2 Blu-Ray 1080p High Definition Widescreen DTS-HD Master Audio: Subtitles: French, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish. Audio: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian. No English Subtitles. Features:Vintage Featurette Clint Eastwood: Director,Trailer. It rips through the skies at six times the speed of sound, is invisible to radar and spits death - launching and guiding missiles purely by the pilot's thoughts. It's the MIG-31, the most devastating war machine ever built, code name Firefox. But Firefox belongs to the Russians. To maintain the balance of world power, the West must steal it. Clint Eastwood directs and stars as ace U.S. pilot Mitchell Gant, the man for the job.Firefox delivers a unique payload of nail-biting suspense and effects pyrotechnics. Special Visual Effects Producer John Dykstra won an Oscar for Star Wars - and his work on Firefox is in that out-of-this-world class. Join Eastwood in the cockpit and soar!
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Firefox has always been one of my favourite films, and while it's a bit cheesy and jingoistic 20 years on, it is entertaining - especially seeing fine British actors like Nigel Hawthorne (rest his soul!) and Kenneth Colley making a pig's ear of their Russian accents...
However, in this DVD version they've edited out a lot of the best bits - including a lot of the interplay between the politicians and General Vladimirov at Bilyarsk when they are trying to plot the retrieval and destruction of the MiG-31.
I was really disappointed by this, and haven't watched the film again since - though it's comforting to know it's on the shelf.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I'm not sure whether Firefox is really a guilty pleasure or simply a film I remember as being one. It's certainly overlong and overfamiliar despite its neat Maguffin - Clint Eastwood's flashback-plagued Vietnam vet fighter ace has to steal a state-of-the-art warplane with a thought-controlled weapons system (as long as you remember to think in Russian) from the heart of the Evil Empire - but it has a sort of undemanding Cold War charm that the constant stream of clichés only reinforces. Even the old school model effects in the final chase-and-dogfight section are more fun in their way than modern CGI effects, especially when the Firefox is leaving a wall of water in its wake as it races across the sea or causing fallen snow to fill the air as it passes over the mountains, so it's a shame that much of the last third is played in darkened control rooms rather than the skies.
The Russians, naturally, are mostly played by British actors, albeit in this case actors best known for their sitcoms, which adds a different dimension to their scenes as comically humourless KGB types or lemming-like dissidents only too happy to die for the cause, or incorrigible hams like Freddie Jones who simply look like they SHOULD be in a sitcom. There's even an almost admirable perversity into giving most of the explanatory dialogue in the last half-hour to Klaus Löwitsch, an actor with a shaky grasp of spoken English who sounds like a bumblebee caught in a vacuum cleaner pipe. Not good by any means, but strangely watchable, and Maurice Jarre contributes an enjoyable score from the days before he disappeared entirely into atonal electronics.
Whereas the Region 1 NTSC DVD is the uncut theatrical version before Clint re-edited and trimmed the film by some 12 minutes without visibly improving it for video release, sadly the European PAL DVD is the shorter cut version. Boasting a decent 2.35:1 widescreen transfer, both versions also includes a 29-minute British behind the scenes documentary and the theatrical trailer.
Sadly the Blu-ray release mirrors the DVD release - the US version (available in a double-bill with Heartbreak Ridge) is uncut but the rest of the world gets the cut version again, though both have the same extras. Eastwood the director has always had a penchant for pushing up the darkness in the cinematography, which was a problem even when seen on a 70ft screen in a darkened room but is something of a nightmare on home video. While not as bad as The Rookie, parts of which are almost invisible in the sea of black ink onscreen, the night scenes are a problem even on Blu-ray, with detail lost in the dark and the transfer not really able to do much to compensate. It's certainly an improvement on the DVD but it's still a hugely inconsisten transfer that's definitely at its best in the daylight scenes.
The Russians, naturally, are mostly played by British actors, albeit in this case actors best known for their sitcoms, which adds a different dimension to their scenes as comically humourless KGB types or lemming-like dissidents only too happy to die for the cause, or incorrigible hams like Freddie Jones who simply look like they SHOULD be in a sitcom. There's even an almost admirable perversity into giving most of the explanatory dialogue in the last half-hour to Klaus Löwitsch, an actor with a shaky grasp of spoken English who sounds like a bumblebee caught in a vacuum cleaner pipe. Not good by any means, but strangely watchable, and Maurice Jarre contributes an enjoyable score from the days before he disappeared entirely into atonal electronics.
Whereas the Region 1 NTSC DVD is the uncut theatrical version before Clint re-edited and trimmed the film by some 12 minutes without visibly improving it for video release, sadly the European PAL DVD is the shorter cut version. Boasting a decent 2.35:1 widescreen transfer, both versions also includes a 29-minute British behind the scenes documentary and the theatrical trailer.
Sadly the Blu-ray release mirrors the DVD release - the US version (available in a double-bill with Heartbreak Ridge) is uncut but the rest of the world gets the cut version again, though both have the same extras. Eastwood the director has always had a penchant for pushing up the darkness in the cinematography, which was a problem even when seen on a 70ft screen in a darkened room but is something of a nightmare on home video. While not as bad as The Rookie, parts of which are almost invisible in the sea of black ink onscreen, the night scenes are a problem even on Blu-ray, with detail lost in the dark and the transfer not really able to do much to compensate. It's certainly an improvement on the DVD but it's still a hugely inconsisten transfer that's definitely at its best in the daylight scenes.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Firefox came along in the early eighties in a time where we saw super hi-tec vehicals galore. ie Knight Rider, Streethawk, Blue Thunder and Airwolf but Firefox has to be said is the ultimate. The Mig 31 kitted out in the latest advanced technology with mind recognition weapons system(In Russian of course) has to be the best idea of them all. The previous hi-tec creations would be left as burning circuit boards compared to the might of the Russian born fighter.
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this 80`s classic and i personally think is kind of underrated. If ever there was a movie that needed a remake then this would be it. The special effects have aged quite badly and although similar to the original Star Wars films it hasnt been done aswell as the george Lucas trilogy. Its a shame really because this film has been well directed and creates tension and thrills at every turn. Dont ask me who would make the best director for a remake or even a sequel but he would have to be good. We wouldnt want another Top Gun and definitely not another Stealth, but it would make a great opportunity to get this film back to its shining glory as we dream of flying the ultimate, most advanced jet fighter in the world.
Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this 80`s classic and i personally think is kind of underrated. If ever there was a movie that needed a remake then this would be it. The special effects have aged quite badly and although similar to the original Star Wars films it hasnt been done aswell as the george Lucas trilogy. Its a shame really because this film has been well directed and creates tension and thrills at every turn. Dont ask me who would make the best director for a remake or even a sequel but he would have to be good. We wouldnt want another Top Gun and definitely not another Stealth, but it would make a great opportunity to get this film back to its shining glory as we dream of flying the ultimate, most advanced jet fighter in the world.
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A watchable Cold War yarn
Based on a novel by Welsh schoolteacher, Craig Thomas, and including a lot of British actors, 'Firefox' was released at the height of the Cold War in 1982 and stereotypes its point... Read more
Published 21 days ago by LXIX
CLINT EASTWOOD
[...] SAW THE FILM ON TV THE OTHER NIGHT LOVED IT SO MUCH I WENT OUT AND BROUGHT IT BUT UNLIKE THE FILMS I AM A PLANE FREEK AS WELL ALL TYPES OF PANES THEY ALL EXCITE ME
Published 1 month ago by VINNY
Clint turns up the heat on the cold war
Amazing to think Clint directed this jingoistic silliness, presumably on autopilot. His super pilot character, assigned the task of stealing a new Soviet Mig and flying it back to... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Philoctetes
Let's see what this baby can do.........
One of the best cold war thillers to come out of the early 80's.
I loved the way the 'Monster reveal' is like Jaws in that you dont see the Firefox till half way through the... Read more
I loved the way the 'Monster reveal' is like Jaws in that you dont see the Firefox till half way through the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by T. Rowe
Firefox
Excellent old film - missed bits of it for so long on tv just had to own it. Arrived very promptly
Published 7 months ago by Mrs. J. Hastilow
Detour from Clint's police roles
It rips through the skies at six times the speed of sound, is invisible to radar and spits death - launching and guiding missiles directly through the pilot's impulses. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Fluclo
Clint's mortal after all.
I was one of those who missed Firefox the first time around, so I didn't approach it with any sentimental associations. Established fans should move along quietly. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Doughty
Firefox!
This DVD replaces an aging video tape but as it has always been a favourite, along with all of Clint Eastwood films, I had to buy at the premium price. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Bruno
Still works...
Quite an old film but the special effects are not bad considering and the action/suspense still works. Certainly worth buying.
Published 14 months ago by N
Up and at 'em!!
Clint triumphs again!-as a Cold war warrior Clint delivers yet again in this Espionage/Airborne thriller.The flying scenes and photography are really super. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2009 by L. Collins
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