Recent Reviews for The Towering Inferno

  • PirateHatsRock
    PirateHatsRock
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 6, 2008
    I heard it was really big in it's day, and I must admit the effects were very good for then! Kept you on the edge of your seat the whole time, a real good disaster movie! However it is a little bit too long for what it is portraying, couldn've shortened it, but it can't all be perfect.
  • treknurse
    treknurse
    Not Interested
    MCT:
    July 2, 2008
    Saw this at the drive-in years ago. Got kicked out because we were laughing too loud at the burning building. It was stupid.
  • jjnxn
    jjnxn
    4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 9, 2008
    The ultimate in star powered chaos. Everyone is super glamourous and imperiled, a truly guilty pleasure.
  • Bjelki
    Bjelki
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 20, 2008
    Great disaster-movie with many great actors: among them Steve McQueen, Poul Newman and Fred Astaire (as an old gentleman)
  • tpb0
    tpb0
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 26, 2008
    I don't think it's as good now as I did when I was little, but it's still good even if it's a bit dated.
  • sesran
    sesran
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 13, 2008
    One of the best Old school disaster films.
    Fantastic Cast, the Effects (for the time) were amazing.
    General all-in-all- A Must see!
  • whooshm57
    whooshm57
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 6, 2008
    Great Movie, love the acting the filming and the Good old Fashioned trick photography. Not the flashy SPX.-keep's you on the edge of your seat. The only bad thing was that it was 2and 1/2 hours.
  • dan764
    dan764
    2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 5, 2008
    Let's watch a bunch of your favorite celebrities die! Hard to beat the Newman/McQueen combo though.
  • joyndick
    joyndick
    5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    December 13, 2007
    EXCELLENT - this movie made you think about the towers the US builds and the fire equipment that cannot reach the tall bldgs.
  • ForestGuardian19
    ForestGuardian19
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    December 6, 2007
    A little language but not bad. But this should defiantly be PG-13. Don't like to see the parts were people are burning but rest is great!
  • tpb001
    tpb001
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 14, 2007
    When I first saw this as a kid it was so exciting! Now it's not, but it's still good and the cast...
  • jackamaku
    jackamaku
    2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    August 26, 2007
    A soap opera disaster movie, directed and shot like a tv movie, but its got Newman, McQueen and Holden, and thats enough for me.
  • oliver9184
    oliver9184
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    August 16, 2007
    Exciting disaster picture featuring two of the decade's shiniest stars and some good suspense/action. A better example of this type than either The Poseidon Adventure or Earthquake.
  • TheRainWolf3
    TheRainWolf3
    5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 31, 2007
    paul newman and steve mcqueen work so well together in this classic movie. It is a must see for anybody who enjoys a good disaster move.
  • garyX
    garyX
    2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    July 14, 2007
    One of the better 70s disaster movies with the trademark ensemble cast of heavyweights and has-beens. Like The Poseidon Adventure, it's entertainingly daft if taken with a liberal dose of salt, and it's worth it just to watch Newman and McQueen trying to out-alpha male each other.
  • os9dude
    os9dude
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 22, 2007
    One of the BEST fire movies ever with an actor that was taken away from us befor it was due, long live Steve McQueen. Definitively one to have in your home collection.
  • Gyllenblue
    Gyllenblue
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 14, 2007
    For beeing such an old movie it was VERY good. Great and realistic specialeffects, great actors and great story. It's a classic everyone should see=)
  • robertscottwall
    robertscottwall
    3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 10, 2007
    Not near as good as it wants to be and they sure wasted a lot of salary on big name stars that had mediocre performances.
  • keishahosler
    keishahosler
    5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 9, 2007
    I loved this movie, It definitally kept me guessing, full of suprises, and it had an awesome cast, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, I must admit Fred Astaire just seems out of place in this type of movie lol. I was half expecting him to get up in the middle of the movie and start dancing...that would have been interesting though.
  • Thenamesbanana
    Thenamesbanana
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 6, 2007
    GOOD GOD!! this scared the poop out of me i watched it when i was like 9 and i could'nt sleep for days! like the guy on fire comin out of the elevetor! Yikes!
  • rayman0071
    rayman0071
    4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 4, 2007
    When I saw this film at the age of nine years old in theatres around Christmas of 1974,it was one of the most breathtaking disaster films I ever saw and to this day it holds the title as one of the greatest ever. Watching Paul Newman and Steve McQueen is the roles of their careers is worth it.
  • tiffanyho101
    tiffanyho101
    4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 27, 2007
    Wow, this might be one of the oldest movies I have watched xD And surprisingly, it was pretty good xD
  • alphacat6
    alphacat6
    5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 20, 2007
    A GOOD ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT MOVIE WITH GOOD SPECIAL EFFECTS ! ONE OF IRWIN ALLENS GREAT DISASTER FILMS WITH A WELL KNOWN CAST !
  • SillySparkles
    SillySparkles
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 16, 2007
    My two siblings and I knew every line of this movie, we watched it everyday for years (when we got a video that is) one of the first epic disaster movies with a modern feel. Never really aged either unlike the rest of us.
  • bucky85210
    bucky85210
    Want To See
    MCT:
    April 11, 2007
    Tried seeing this when i was very young, found it boring. I need to watch it again, now that i'm older.

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