Fire Birds 1990
Fire Birds
A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.
A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.
Videos & Photos
All 1 Videos & 24 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Jake Preston
... Brad Little
... Billie Lee Guthries
... Breaker
... A.K. McNeil
... Sharon Geller
User reviews
See All 1 Reviews02 Jan 2023 by The Movie Mob
**A miserably bungled Top Gun impersonation with helicopters… why?** Lame Top Gun with helicopters. Almost everything is a straight rip-off. Nic Cage is a much more exaggerated Maverick. Tommy Lee Jones fills the Viper role. Flight school. Overly cocky pilots. Contentious playful romance. Fire Birds so closely replicated Top Gun that it forced a comparison that Fire Birds lost miserably. The cheese factor was cringe. The soundtrack was nowhere near the quality of Harold Faltermeyer’s anthem. David Green couldn’t measure up to Tony Scott’s directing mastery. Even with some of the 90s’ bigger stars, Fire Birds couldn’t burn bright.
Release Date:
May 25, 1990 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 25`
MMPA Rating:
PG-13
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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**A miserably bungled Top Gun impersonation with helicopters… why?** Lame Top Gun with helicopters. Almost everything is a straight rip-off. Nic Cage is a much more exaggerated Maverick. Tommy Lee Jones fills the Viper role. Flight school. Overly cocky pilots. Contentious playful romance. Fire Birds so closely replicated Top Gun that it forced a comparison that Fire Birds lost miserably. The cheese factor was cringe. The soundtrack was nowhere near the quality of Harold Faltermeyer’s anthem. David Green couldn’t measure up to Tony Scott’s directing mastery. Even with some of the 90s’ bigger stars, Fire Birds couldn’t burn bright.
Cast & Crew of
Fire Birds
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
... Script Supervisor
... First Assistant Director
Cast
... Jake Preston
... Brad Little
... Billie Lee Guthries
... Breaker
... A.K. McNeil
... Sharon Geller
... Rice
... Doug Daniels
... Tom Davis
... Dewar Proctor
... Oscar De Marco
RL
Robert Lujan... Steward Rives
... Darren Phillips
... Janet Little
... General Olcott
... Butch Tippet
Produced By
... Executive In Charge Of Post Production
... Casting
... Adr Voice Casting