A retired air force pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by neuralink.A retired air force pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by neuralink.A retired air force pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by neuralink.
Klaus Löwitsch
- General Vladimirov
- (as Klaus Lowitsch)
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- TriviaThe footage of the "Mother One" submarine breaking the surface ice was recycled from Ice Station Zebra (1968).
- GoofsAfter the Firefox is stolen, General Vladimirov explains to the First Secretary that in order to maximize fuel range, Gant will have to control his speed and fly low to conserve fuel. The part about controlling his speed is true enough: speed, particularly with afterburners, is the enemy of fuel consumption, but flying low is exactly the opposite of what he should do. Airplanes - jets, in particular - burn far less fuel at higher altitudes where the air is thin than down low where it is much denser.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits after the title has been shown. This has since become a trademark of all Eastwood-directed films.
- Alternate versionsAfter its initial release, Clint Eastwood recut the film by 13 minutes; this 124-minute version has aired on cable TV. Full 137-minute original version restored for video and later network television releases.
- ConnectionsEdited from Ice Station Zebra (1968)
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Any film featuring the line "Your papers, please," spoken in some European accent, can't be all bad...
... and by my count this line was spoken at least seven times here.
This is a cold war thriller from Clint Eastwood about a Vietnam vet fighter pilot sent undercover and across the iron curtain to steal a new Soviet super-plane. The first two-thirds of the film are a treat, with a lot of tense scenes of Clint and his sympathetic Russian contacts narrowly escaping capture. The last section is where the film loses steam, with a lot of repetitious, dated fx shots of the jet in action.
Warren Clarke is memorable as Clint's chief contact. Also featured are Freddie Jones, Ronald Lacey, Nigel Hawthorne, and Kenneth Colley. As you may have noticed, there are no women listed; this is the rare film with no substantial female presence at all. The real star, though, other than Clint, is the fictional MiG31 "Firefox" fighter jet, invisible to radar, capable of Mach 6 speeds as well as full nuclear armament. The film also borders on science fiction with the jet's thought-controlled weapon systems.
It is a 50/50 proposition as to whether you will like this one. For me it was fun to see Eastwood stretch his directorial skills in a different direction, and even more fun if you actually remember the cold war...or were even alive during the cold war for that matter.
This is a cold war thriller from Clint Eastwood about a Vietnam vet fighter pilot sent undercover and across the iron curtain to steal a new Soviet super-plane. The first two-thirds of the film are a treat, with a lot of tense scenes of Clint and his sympathetic Russian contacts narrowly escaping capture. The last section is where the film loses steam, with a lot of repetitious, dated fx shots of the jet in action.
Warren Clarke is memorable as Clint's chief contact. Also featured are Freddie Jones, Ronald Lacey, Nigel Hawthorne, and Kenneth Colley. As you may have noticed, there are no women listed; this is the rare film with no substantial female presence at all. The real star, though, other than Clint, is the fictional MiG31 "Firefox" fighter jet, invisible to radar, capable of Mach 6 speeds as well as full nuclear armament. The film also borders on science fiction with the jet's thought-controlled weapon systems.
It is a 50/50 proposition as to whether you will like this one. For me it was fun to see Eastwood stretch his directorial skills in a different direction, and even more fun if you actually remember the cold war...or were even alive during the cold war for that matter.
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Box office
- Budget
- $21,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,708,276
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,152,948
- Jun 20, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $46,708,276
- Runtime2 hours 16 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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