Rent Backdraft (1991)
3.2 of 5 from 132 ratings
2h 12min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Kurt Russel and William Baldwin star as two feuding siblings carrying on an heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters but when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these explosive crimes.
- Actors:
- Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Glenn, Rebecca De Mornay, Jason Gedrick, J.T. Walsh, Anthony Mockus Sr., Cedric Young, Juan Ramírez, Kevin Casey, Jack McGee, Mark Wheeler, Richard Lexsee, Beep Iams, Ryan Todd, John Duda, Robert Swan
- Directors:
- Ron Howard
- Producers:
- Pen Densham, John Watson, Richard Barton Lewis
- Writers:
- Gregory Widen
- Others:
- Mikael Salomon, Allen Hall, Gary Rydstrom, Randy Thom, Clay Pinney, Scott Farrar, Richard Hymns, Gary Summers, Glenn Williams
- Studio:
- UCA
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide to Ron Howard
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/01/2011
- Run Time:
- 137 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1, German DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1, Italian DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1, Japanese DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1, Spanish DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Intro by Ron Howard
- Deleted Scenes
- Igniting the Story
- Bringing Together the Team
- The Explosive Stunts
- Creating the Villain: The Fire
- Real-Life Firemen, Real-Life Stories
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 31/05/2021
- Run Time:
- 137 minutes
- Languages:
- Czech DTS 2.0, English DTS:X, French DTS 5.1, Hungarian DTS 2.0 Mono, Polish Voice Over DTS 2.0 Mono, Russian DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Cantonese, Complex Mandarin, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Ron Howard Introduction
- Deleted Scenes
- Igniting the Story
- Bringing Together the Team
- The Explosive Stunts
- Creating the Villain: The Fire
- Real-Life Fireman, Real Life Stories
- And More
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Reviews (1) of Backdraft
Brilliant Action Drama - Backdraft review by GI
Fantastic action drama set in the world of the Chicago Fire Service. Great story with a crime mystery, some political intrigue, family drama and romance all thrown into the mix. The action set pieces are all tense and exciting stuff with the effects all physical rather than CGI and some very impressive stunt work. The story follows rookie fireman Brian (William Baldwin) who is trying to live up to the hard nosed reputation of his brother Stephen (Kurt Russell), a highly respected and heroic fireman. Both live in the shadow of their famous father who was killed in an explosion but they are constantly at odds with one another. A series of dangerous fires that have scary 'backdrafts' are occurring over the city and Brian gets involved with trying to find out who's causing them and why. With a superb support cast that includes Robert De Niro as a cynical arson investigator, Scott Glen, Jennifer Jason Leigh & Rebecca De Mornay as the love interests and a creepy cameo from Donald Sutherland as a psycho arsonist this is a great film, superbly directed, a great plot with stunning action and with the fire portrayed as a character (Sutherland's character refers to it as 'the animal') it makes for a very entertaining film. Well worth checking out if you've never seen it.
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