Firefox
Firefox
PG | 18 June 1982 (USA)
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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.

Reviews
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment
Nonureva Really Surprised!
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
robertleather-84204 A brief review of Firefox. It manages to mix in an interesting spy story with what should have been a spectacular ending. But what actually happens is that it after an hour or so of some very well made and well acted spy stuff and then the whole movie falls down flat with some of the very worst "special" effects seen on the silver screen.To quote Nigel Hawthorne (who stared in the movie) "They shot hours of footage of the clouds with various planes and we saw it in the rushes and we were all impressed. Then we saw what they did with it and it was terrible." (during an interview on Wogan, BBC TV).Even the laser-disc based arcade game looked better!
Rainey Dawn Espionage, Intrigue, And Action is how I would sum-up this Clint Eastwood, underrated, film classic. The aircraft in the movie, Soviet fighter aircraft (MiG-31, NATO code name "Firefox"), reminds me of the Stealth Bomber in a round about way. The movie's aircraft is invisible to radar - the real life Stealth Bomber is very low to invisible on radar.This "Firefox" aircraft has weapons on it that are controlled by thoughts of the pilot. This part of the film is also partly based on reality because there is brain to computer technology in real life. See: brain–computer interface (BCI), mind-machine interface (MMI), direct neural interface (DNI), synthetic telepathy interface (STI) or a brain–machine interface (BMI).I found the movie to be believable and just simply a good story. It is refreshing to see Clint Eastwood in a very different role, it's nice to see him play something different instead of the lead in a Western or a cop role.9/10
Fluke_Skywalker I doubt that anyone under the age of 30 will be able to appreciate this film for a number of reasons: There isn't an action scene every five minutes to keep their ADD at bay. I give the average young adult ten minutes before they're checking their Facebook status.The Cold War setting will be utterly lost on them. "What was the Cold War?".No pop music. No CGI. No token tough-as-nails female. And most of all, no moral relativism.None of this is to say that 'Firefox' is a great movie. It's not. It's merely a good one. Though it clocks in at nearly 2 1/2 hours and lacks anything resembling a traditional action sequence until late in the third act, there's no wasted motion. It's constantly moving forward. Perhaps not at a sprint, but at a steady jog for sure.Suit up and take off with 'Firefox'. It's a flight worth taking.
AaronCapenBanner Clint Eastwood plays Vietnam veteran Mitchel Grant, an expert pilot recruited for a top secret mission: to steal an experimental Soviet jet, that can evade radar, from the Soviet Union, and fly it back to American waters. The mission has many risks, though many allies in the Soviet Union help Grant, even at risk to their own lives.Though the film has many exciting aerial chase and dogfight scenes, and an interesting idea, it goes on too long, and only comes to life near the climax. Not to mention, the premise is highly unlikely in the first place, as it seems stupid to steal the plane, and not be worried about the consequences? At the very least, this would cause a huge international incident, possibly a war. Wouldn't American and British forces be better served by building their own Firefox, rather than undertaking such a risky mission? This problem is glossed over, harming its credibility, though it isn't bad really, but it does fall short.
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