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Fire Birds (1990) 4.6
The U.S. Government is willing to help any country that requires help in ridding themselves of drugs with support from the Army. Unfortunately, the drug cartels have countered that offer by... See full summary » Director:David Green |
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Jake Preston
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Brad Little
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Billie Lee Guthrie
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A.K. McNeil
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Janet Little
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General Olcott
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Charles Lanyer | ... |
Darren Phillips
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Doug Daniels
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Dewar Proctor
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Charles Kahlenberg | ... |
Oscar De Marco
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Gregory Vahanian | ... |
Tom Davis
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Steward Rives
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The U.S. Government is willing to help any country that requires help in ridding themselves of drugs with support from the Army. Unfortunately, the drug cartels have countered that offer by hiring one of the best air-combat mercenaries and have armed him with a Scorpion attack helicopter. The army decides to send in its best people from its Apache Air Combat school. But first they have to be taught how to fly air-to-air combat missions Written by Michael O'Keefe <epamok@epa.ericsson.se>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
25 May 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Aguilas de fuego See more »Box Office
Budget:
$22,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$14,760,451 (USA)Company Credits
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Jake Preston: You're not touching her you filthy piece of shit!
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Written by David Young and Michael Sherwood
Performed by Michael Sherwood
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Some of the scenes were built on a set inside the Tucson Convention Center. See more »Goofs
During the final battle with Stoller, Jake and his Apache are directly behind Stoller's Scorpion. However, the impacts from the Hydra rockets are squarely on the side of the Scorpion if it were perpendicular to the Apache. See more »Quotes
[Jake is trying to rescue Guthrie from Stoller]Jake Preston: You're not touching her you filthy piece of shit!
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White FlagWritten by David Young and Michael Sherwood
Performed by Michael Sherwood
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Military Apache helicopter flier Nicolas Cage butts heads with instructor Tommy Lee Jones and romances fellow pilot Sean Young in "Fire Birds", a silly "Top Gun" rip-off that just did not take off in 1990. The U.S. government has decided to help various countries in the world with their drug-trafficking problems by fighting the enemy with assault choppers. Future Oscar-winners Cage and Jones just seem to be lost in the ridiculous material and Young could never act to start with. A silly script and second-rate direction complete the air-field of nothingness. 2 stars out of 5.