Backdraft (1991)

Directed by

Ron Howard

Genre

drama film, action film, disaster film, crime film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 1,588 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Firefighters in Chicago investigate a string of arson fires. They suspect someone is setting the blazes on purpose.

tensegrittyintensedramaticvisceralatmosphericsuspensefulaction-packed

What happens

Backdraft is a 1991 American action thriller drama film directed by Ron Howard and written by Gregory Widen. Starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Donald Sutherland, Robert De Niro, Jason Gedrick and J. T. Walsh, it follows Chicago firefighters on the trail of a serial arsonist. It was released on May 24, 1991, to generally positive reviews, and grossed $152.4 million worldwide. It received three Academy Award nominations for Best Sound, Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. It also inspired a special effects attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood, which opened in 1992 and closed in 2010. It was followed by the sequel, Backdraft 2, in 2019, with Baldwin and Sutherland reprising their roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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