PG-13Fire Birds

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500M
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Play Time: 85 mins
Action, Adventure
Fire Birds

Overview:
A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.

Status: Released (1990-05-25)
BoxOffice:$14,760,451
Screen:Step Tyner, John K. Swensson, Dale Dye
Productions: Nova International Films, Touchstone Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Fire Birds
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**A miserably bungled Top Gun impersonation with helicopters… why?** Lame Top Gun with helicopters. Almost everything is a straight rip-off. Nic Cage is a much more exaggerated Maverick. Tommy Lee Jones fills the Viper role. Flight school. Overly cocky pilots. Contentious playful ....

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