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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Topgun in helicopters.
Thats it. That tells you all you need to know! The plot line is incredibly similar. Young talented pilot, starts out well, has to go through a period of trial and self doubt, emerges to go to war and be a hero in battle. Picks up girl along the way.
The one standout feature of this film is Tommy Lee Jones: He has some absolutely fantastic one-liners in this film. He gets 110% out of the script and turns in a fine performance. While everyone else in the film is bland, his role is actually quite developed, with some great comic moments, some drama, and an actually rather well portrayed personal-life of being a man moving into middle age.
The air to air sequences are fantastic. The whole thing is absolutely unashamedly patriotic. There is no deep moral analysis of the rights and wrongs of war. This is a gung-ho movie from start to finish.
Definitely worth a watch over a couple of beers with the lads, although it has sadly dated now.
Thats it. That tells you all you need to know! The plot line is incredibly similar. Young talented pilot, starts out well, has to go through a period of trial and self doubt, emerges to go to war and be a hero in battle. Picks up girl along the way.
The one standout feature of this film is Tommy Lee Jones: He has some absolutely fantastic one-liners in this film. He gets 110% out of the script and turns in a fine performance. While everyone else in the film is bland, his role is actually quite developed, with some great comic moments, some drama, and an actually rather well portrayed personal-life of being a man moving into middle age.
The air to air sequences are fantastic. The whole thing is absolutely unashamedly patriotic. There is no deep moral analysis of the rights and wrongs of war. This is a gung-ho movie from start to finish.
Definitely worth a watch over a couple of beers with the lads, although it has sadly dated now.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Really great Movie, as when the Apache Assult Helicopters first apeared on the scene with their superior computers & fire power i was hooked, so if you like the Apache Helicopter then this is a good movie to watch.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
This is a fair to middle dvd you put on when a bloke wants just to sit back and dream of doing something like blowing up stuff! Tommy Lee Jones is great in this film as an old warhorse refused to go on operations and Nicolas Cage is the new young upcoming arial assassin and protogee to Tommy, with and old flame returns to stir things up on the side Sean Young. All in all a good film to watch if you like no nonsense dogfights with AH 64 Apache helicopters. Enjoy
Most Recent Customer Reviews
wings of the apache
really good film have watched it time and time again especially with a young sean young film worth recomending and keeping when there is nothing on tv
Published 4 months ago by kevin wood
apache
a very good flim and it got to me very quick. i will be use this dvd to pass away the winter nigth
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Douglas J. Lewington
since when was this film called firebirds?
Another classic military fantasy film of my youth, with a young Nic cage getting some revenge on the nasty communist mercenary supported south american drug lords that killed his... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mr. Mark Dobson
A copy of Topgun but in a heli
This must have been made right after they watched Topgun. It has almost the same storyline but rotor beats fixed wing and the bad guy gets it in the end> It just goes to show... Read more
Published 21 months ago by DGNB
Cheesy but a goody
Remeber watching this when Sky first came out. Got played to death by sky but I loved this film. been looking for it for a while on dvd format and am glad I found it. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. K. S. Sanderson
Flying scenes: Great. Storyline, directing & script: abysmal
Watchable if you're interested in seeing some great helicopter flying scenes but whatever you do, don't go into this film with any expectations about the storyline, script or... Read more
Published 23 months ago by AggroTheAnalyst
boring
One to be missed,tried to be a Top Gun movie but way off the mark
Published on 19 May 2010 by Snowman
Great fun!
Comparisons with Top Gun are all too obvious, but that kind of misses the point with this fun, switch-the-brain-off film. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2009 by Dr. A. Robinson
Young and Cage, All Gone Bye Bye.
this is a fun little movie with lots of action (and some silly romantic moments) i remember seeing the film when it first came out but it has sadly dated, even so it is a fun... Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2008 by Paladin Eagle
good aeriel sequences.naff acting
bought this as i hadn't seen it since i was a schoolkid when it came out
forgot how cheesey the acting was and 80 mins run time means its over before it starts. Read more
forgot how cheesey the acting was and 80 mins run time means its over before it starts. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2008 by A. DONALDSON
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