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Bert Rhine, Bob Lujan, Bryan Kestner

The Apaches are an elite flight corps trained by the U.S. Army to attack from the skies. With a national enemy threatening the country with high-tech weaponry, the men who fly the decidedly unfriendly...( read more  read more... ) skies risk everything to protect America. But will their efforts be enough the stop the scourge?

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PG-13, 85 min.

Directed by: David Green

Release Date: May 24, 1990

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DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004

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  • bradwest
    January 29, 2009
    bradwest
    Top Gun with helicopters. That's all you need to know. If that trips your switch, then watch away brother (or sister).
  • Deano78
    July 7, 2008
    Deano78
    At last!!! I have been trying to remember the name of this film and find it for ages! Known as Wings of the Apache in the UK. This is basically Top Gun with the Apache gunship helicopter...I didn't even realize at the time Nicholas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones were in this! Must have...( read more) have been a long time ago when I saw it, but it has some great action scenes. Well worth checking out!
  • djdemersseman
    February 4, 2008
    djdemersseman
    I saw this movie by accident. Tommy Lee Jones had some good throwaway lines though.
  • moviefan1725
    January 10, 2009
    moviefan1725
    A blatant Top Gun ripoff, this movie showcases the US Army Apache Helicpoter. Nicolas Cage assumes the Tom Cruise role as the hotshot helicopter pilot training to fly the Apache. Tommy Lee Jones is the token instructor who's seen it all, but remains in awe of the hotshot new pilo...( read more)t. Non-actress Sean Young line reads her way through the useless love interest role, who also just happens to be a helicopter pilot. And you thought the love story in Top Gun was wooden. All of this is moot since the movie serves only to throw the Apache into battle sequences. We get all the training sequences as our "hero" proves his stuff, until the squad is thrown into combat against a drug cartel at the end of the movie. The final battle sequence is fast moving and exciting, and wraps up the movie well. The journey to get there is as cookie cutter as these movies get, and at times you think they are making a parody of this genre. There are a couple of times the movie seems more Hot Shots than Top Gun. Still, as far as 80's action movies go (ok, it was released in 1990, but was MADE in 1989), it's a decent way to kill 90 minutes.
  • psyclock7
    August 15, 2009
    psyclock7
    Sean Young when she wasn't drunk or high...Not a bad movie, the action between Tommy and Nick was good. Decent movie worth a one time look..."
  • stormyweather980
    August 15, 2009
    stormyweather980
    Jake Preston (Nicolas Cage) is a helicopter pilot training for war against a famous nemesis. Jake is the most skilled flyer of everybody, but he has a team of other helicopter flyers behind him including Brad Little (Tommy Lee Jones), who helps Jake train to be an even better pil...( read more)ot.
    I thought "Fire Birds" was a good action movie. It might not be the best of its kind, but it's certainly not a bad movie. The training sequences and the final showdown between the Fire Birds and their major enemy is exciting. If you like action movies and especially if you like flying movies, I recommend getting "Fire Birds." NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2000. Underrated action/flying flick to me.
  • SynysterAvenger
    September 25, 2008
    SynysterAvenger
    Fire Birds is the most awesome and amazing army movie you will ever see!!!
  • spiralrayonshorts
    June 11, 2008
    spiralrayonshorts
    silly stupid overacted and yet totally entertaining.
  • SoylentGreene
    March 1, 2008
    SoylentGreene
    This is a kind of cheesy movie...but it's ok.
  • rajivbh70
    January 20, 2008
    rajivbh70
    i didnt like this movie 2much. i dont like the direction of this movie.

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