... but not its worst, either (for that latter category, catch "Absolute Power" or "True Crime" instead).
Clint stars as Mitchell Gant, a former pilot suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following a mission in Vietnam. Years later, he's taken back from retirement for a mission behind the Iron Curtain. He must travel to USSR in order to steal a top-secret stealth fighter, the (fictional) Mig-31 FireFox. On his way through Russia he meets various moles, dissidents and defecting scientists, helping him to escape KGB and reach his goal, an heavily-guarded base...
The movie keeps a very serious tone, far away from the 80's James Bond. Altogether they share some common points (spectacular sequences, silly bad guys) but Eastwood seems to take its material very seriously, through conflicted supporting characters and some gritty, tragic situations. The special effects aged quite well, but Eastwood's strong point has never been action sequences; luckily the locations are mostly stunning. One low point: Maurice Jarre's score is unusually quite mediocre, and neither makes use of the Soviet background (like the great Basil Poledouris did for "The Hunt for Red October") nor pumps up the audience when action scenes fail to take off.
But that's just a detail, overall "Firefox" is a fairly decent action/espionage flick, worth a watch.
Clint stars as Mitchell Gant, a former pilot suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following a mission in Vietnam. Years later, he's taken back from retirement for a mission behind the Iron Curtain. He must travel to USSR in order to steal a top-secret stealth fighter, the (fictional) Mig-31 FireFox. On his way through Russia he meets various moles, dissidents and defecting scientists, helping him to escape KGB and reach his goal, an heavily-guarded base...
The movie keeps a very serious tone, far away from the 80's James Bond. Altogether they share some common points (spectacular sequences, silly bad guys) but Eastwood seems to take its material very seriously, through conflicted supporting characters and some gritty, tragic situations. The special effects aged quite well, but Eastwood's strong point has never been action sequences; luckily the locations are mostly stunning. One low point: Maurice Jarre's score is unusually quite mediocre, and neither makes use of the Soviet background (like the great Basil Poledouris did for "The Hunt for Red October") nor pumps up the audience when action scenes fail to take off.
But that's just a detail, overall "Firefox" is a fairly decent action/espionage flick, worth a watch.