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Backfire [DVD]

Kathy Ireland (Actor), Robert Mitchum (Actor), Dean Bell (Director), Rated:

PG-13

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Genre	Action & Adventure
Format	DVD, NTSC, Color
Contributor	Josh Mosby, Shelley Winters, Robert Mitchum, Mary McCormack, A. Dean Bell, Telly Savalas, Dean Bell, Kathy Ireland See more
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 38 minutes

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BACKFIRE (DVD MOVIE)

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.25 inches; 2.88 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Dean Bell, A. Dean Bell
Media Format ‏ : ‎ DVD, NTSC, Color
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 38 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ November 13, 2007
Actors ‏ : ‎ Kathy Ireland, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Mary McCormack
Studio ‏ : ‎ Trinity Home Ent
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000UJCAIQ
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Edward B. Griffin

good dvd

Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020

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Just wanted to see a entertaining movie of Kathy Ireland, I don't know what to say.

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Robert I. Hedges

Sadly, Telly Savalas' Last Role

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2020

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I'll be honest: I didn't expect very much from "Backfire" (also known as "Back Fire" and "Backfire!"), but I bought it to see the otherworldly interaction of Kathy Ireland, Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Telly Savalas in his final role. The film is dedicated to Savalas who passed away before the film was released. The film has an abysmal introduction and premise: there's a man attempting to join an all-women's fire department and the harassment is unbearable for him. When you see the film, you'll understand immediately why this doesn't work, even as a spoof.

Kathy Ireland is (as always) beautiful, and Savalas is evil, but they're all caricatures, not characters. There are lots of bad puns and jokes in the spirit of "Airplane!" but without the underlying nuances to make it work. I felt especially bad for poor Robert Mitchum, a fine actor, here seen as the butt of jokes as the Fire Marshal who's losing his mind. There's an evil politician subplot, lots of exploding toilet humor, dialogue like "The password is: potato!", and an unexpected tale of relatives and backstories converging in an unseemly way at a refinery fire.

Oddly enough, the closing credits are the best part of the film (seriously), and contain some actual funny jokes if you're paying attention, while the most amusing gag in the film is a cheap MST3K silhouette routine at about the 49-minute mark.

In the end I gave this movie two stars out of respect for Savalas' career: he did a lot of really good work earlier in his life and I hate that his career ended like this, but despite all that, I can't recommend this movie to anyone except Savalas completists.

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the short version?

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2007

I rather enjoyed this film, sleazy noir that it is, all 91 MINUTES of it. From the listed running time, I would guess that this is a truncated tv print. The usual tip-off for this type of rip-off is a Canadian logo, but I don't recognize this company. Caveat emptor.

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