Rent Rocketeer (1991)

Okay for light relief - Rocketeer review by SB

In this daring-do adventure tale of a struggling young aviator in the late 1930s who falls amongst crooks and spies and has to fight for America and his girl using only his rocket-pack, Billy Campbell makes a rather one-dimensional hero. But that probably doesn't matter too much in this instance. He is outshone easily by Timothy Dalton hamming it up as the chief villain and by Jennifer Connelly, who manages once again to combine innocence, determination and sexiness in a very natural way. The FBI appear to eb as crooked as the crooks. The period settings are fine, awkward questions about how it all works are avoided, a big airship appears at the end for the final shoot-out, and it's a pity the film was somewhat overshadowed upon its release.