We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our servers. We hope to have this resolved soon. This issue doesn't affect premium users.
Get Premium
Watch on MixDrop/MyStream
Backdraft
Description
The story tells about the men and their ghastly fury as the novice firefighter tries to gain respect for his older brother and other firefighters while he is involved in a series of arson and murder. The film seems to have a real look at the suffering that firefighters face, particularly naturally occurring in the area of fireworks and other influences.
The story tells about the men and their ghastly fury as the novice firefighter tries to gain respect for his older brother and other firefighters while he is involved in a series of arson and murder. The film seems to have a real look at the suffering that firefighters face, particularly naturally occurring in the area of fireworks and other influences.
COMMENTS (0)
Sort by
Newest
Newest
Oldest
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
January 16, 2009
Backdraft may not be a very good movie, but it sure is great entertainment.
September 10, 2015
Ron Howard's film is one of smoke-eaters, crispers, and torches... and it bestows a renewed respect on a profession all too often taken for granted.
February 05, 2008
Visually speaking, the film does pretty well with fire-as-spectacle, less well with everything else (Howard tends to trot out fuzzy-toned Spielbergian backlighting on any pretext).
January 26, 2006
The fire sequences are stunning, and the build-up to them, complete with blaring sirens and bellowed conversations, has an aggressive immediacy.
November 21, 2016
...a top-notch thriller trapped within a poorly-paced and needlessly bloated piece of work...
February 05, 2008
Backdraft has some of the raw filmmaking excitement that has been missing from Howard's recent work.
July 26, 2014
Absolutely fantastic setpieces strung along an absolutely dimwitted script.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
The spectacular fire sequences, which must have been hellish to film, are powerfully enveloping on screen, thanks especially to the eerie effect of the title.
September 23, 2010
Ron Howard popcorn-muncher is sappy, not smokin'.
February 05, 2008
Visually, pic often is exhilarating, but it's shapeless and dragged down by corny, melodramatic characters and situations.
January 01, 2000
Backdraft is sure to do for fire what The Poseidon Adventure did for water.