Firestorm

Firestorm (1998)

  • 12% of critics liked it
    (25 reviews)

  • 29% of users liked it
    (6,222 ratings)

This Chris Soth screenplay is directed by Dean Semler, the Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves cinematographer who also did cinematography for Waterworld and Last Action Hero. The film's action hero is Howie Long (Broken Arrow), Fox Sports commentator and former NFL star. Wyoming firefighter Jesse… More

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R, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By
Dean Semler
Written By
Chris Soth
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Jun 1, 1997 Wide
On DVD
Dec 18, 2001
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    In movies, as in life, you take your warmth where you can find it, but this particular wienie roast is bound to leave you cold.

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...boasts an old-fashioned sensibility that benefits from several surprisingly thrilling set pieces...

  • Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    No one should mistake Firestorm for a "quality" motion picture. It's not, and it wasn't designed to be.

  • Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope

    It is just a run-of-the-mill action movie.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bruce B


    II am not much of a TV Movie or a Howie Long fan. Reason I watched this Movie was because Suzy Ames was in it and I am trying to watch all her movies, though Titanic will be torture to sit through (Chick Flick). This movie is about Fire jumpers on the west coast jumping and fighting… More

  • Dean M


    Good and dangerously action of firestorm. Sometimes spectacular and often hailariously corny, but gosh darnit, occasionally educational. For instance, did you know that at 300 degrees trees explode from their boiling sap?

  • Marcus W


    Something went badly wrong here. What was supposed to be a so-so action flick starring someone who plays baseball (or something), turned out to be a well-directed, smartly written and nicely paced action flick. They even made the effort to write in a decent villain. Somewhere between… More

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