Firefox

Firefox (1982)

  • 42% of critics liked it
    (12 reviews)

  • 39% of users liked it
    (15,629 ratings)

Producer/director/star Clint Eastwood takes his sweet time getting Firefox started. Eastwood plays Mitchell Gant, a past-his-prime U.S. pilot, smuggled into the Soviet Union to steal a new Russian supersonic fighting plane. Fortunately the KGB men are as burnt out as Gant, enabling him to abscond… More

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In Theaters
Jun 1, 1982 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    The movie is gripping in a slow, sure way.

  • Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

    As a spy adventure, the movie is close to abysmal.

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    The movie is saved from the trash-bin thanks to Clint Eastwood.

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    Once the chases kick in and the invisible jet shows up, you'll have already withstood a healthy amount of yawns for your troubles.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Al S


    A well-crafted cold-war thriller that has wild combination of great special effects and absurdity that still makes for solid action entertainment. Not one of Eastwood`s best but still entertaining enough get your money`s worth

  • Anthony L


    Firefox is an odd film. In 1982 you can't help but think it was a few years too late as all the really good Cold War films were made in the 70s and where tons better. Fredrick Forsyth it ain't but there is something quite clumsy about it that I quite like, not so bad… More

  • Conner R


    The first half of this movie is utterly flawless and therefore I can't say it's bad. While the last forty minutes are absolutely ridiculous, the rest is good enough to even things out. Clint Eastwood does a great job at playing a man of disguises and looks as threatening as… More

  • Chris G


    The 1980's were not great to Clint Eastwood. For every good movie he did during the decade, there was another that was borderline horrible. You know their names: Pink Cadillac. City Heat. White Hunter, Black Heart. Holding a special place in this list of Eastwood flops from the… More

  • Jason O


    Tommy Riley (James Marshall) goes to a different school and is immediately bullied around and threatened by several of the school's students. After getting in a street fight, Pappy Jack (Robert Loggia) notices Tommy's strong and fierce punch and invites him to be a boxer.… More

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