Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 24, 2005 | | Summary | Great movie | Content
 | I grew up with this movie, and as long as you can remember when it was made and written you will love it too. It is not a son of top gun and everything else that people are saying. It is a young aviator whos friend was KIA and then he gets a chance to go take the guy that did it out. Being as this movie was made in 1990 it has some annoying parts, some of the music, but that is made up for by the fact they didn't reuse all of the flight scenes like they did in top gun. It shows the same scene five times in that movie... In this movie it doesn't it changes everytime, even when practicing the same "i'll give him vertical with a twist move" Hope this sets some of those other guys straight and it is helpful for you guys |
| Rating | | | Date | July 08, 2005 | | Summary | Action-lite: it's great! | Content
| With all due respect to the "I'm in Army Aviation and this movie sux' fraternity, not everyone gets a buzz from watching military training movies. In Firebirds, Nick Cage looks suitably angsted, Sean Young suitably hot and Tommy Lee Jones his normal dry laconic self. For the non-military lay-person, the helo flying seens are great and if they do no more than engender some positve interest in a segment of the Army that has taken a few brickbats in the last few years, it will be useful. Firebirds IS Top Gun with helicopters...less the Top 10 sound track...it has great action scenes, a tried and true story line (does anyone really doubt how it will end) and flows from beginning to end. It compares well with similar in the genre like Flying Leathernecks, Navy Seals, Delta Force, and GI Jane...just sit back and enjoy! |
| Rating | | | Date | June 10, 2005 | | Summary | A great "MOVIE" | Content
| I remember renting this movie about a hundred times as a kid. It is a great action movie with good flying scenes. In response to some of the other comments, remember, this is a Hollywood movie! It was made for entertainment. If you want a show that is realistic and 100% truthful, watch the Discovery Channel or National Geographic. Putting down a movie just because it is not totally accurate according to your experiences in the Army is just plain wrong. I was on a Trident Sub for over 4 years and I think Crimson Tide was a good "movie". And I'm also a pilot...great flying in the movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 08, 2005 | | Summary | Couldn't be more wrongerererer | Content
| As stated in other reviews, this movie is a joke. Granted the cinematography is good, and there's excitement, but if you film a pig flying and have good cinematography and story, you'd get the same 'excitement'. I also am in Army aviation, and it's disappointing to have such a deviation from the truth filmed. Many movies make some adjustments that border on reality and some go outside that boundary. This movie transcends to another plane of existence and commits suicide. If I were an actor and offered a role in this movie, I would have run away knowing the repercussions it would have on my career. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 06, 2005 | | Summary | Unrealistic and unfair | Content
| If you know anything about Army aviation or Apaches, Fire Birds will either tick you off, or make you laugh till you puke. This was supposed to be the Army's Top Gun? So sad. It's so unrealistic, I wish the Army had had veto power on this one before it was released. |
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