Under Fire
by Roger Spottiswoode
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Actor: Alma Mart?nez, Ed Harris, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Nick NolteDirector: Roger Spottiswoode
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Under Fire
Movie Review: Good Acting, Realistic Plot
Summary: 4 Stars
A very well done film based on not so distant historical events. Of course it is fictional.
Nolte's depiction of a photojournalist is outstanding. He handles his mix of light meters/ cameras, etc. just like a professional should. He must a photobug in real life or was well trained pre-production.
His transformation from uncaring "not-my-business"observer to active participant in the Nicaraguan revolution is breathe-taking to watch. And the ethical questions raised are difficult and interesting.
Loved the other characters - the French intelligence agent, the pro-Somoza PR guy, the mercenary (played by Oates) etc. Very well acted.
A must see. Watch for the cameo by Bill Clinton (hint the second cafe scene, he walks into the men's room right as Nolte leaves)
Summary of Under Fire
Under Fire is a savvy political thriller of journalists in war-torn Nicaragua circa 1979. Clayton Frohman and Ron Shelton's (Bull Durham) script follows ace photojournalist Russell Price (Nick Nolte, in a key marquee performance) from the jungles of Africa to the Central American boiling point. Along with the usual band of fellow journalists, Price finds himself involved in a love triangle with Claire (Joanna Cassidy in her best role) and Alex Grazier (Gene Hackman, perfect again), who believes he's one career-making story from a lofty news anchor position. In Nicaragua, Price finds his own deadly mission: to photograph an unknown rebel leader.Although the setup is traditional, Roger Spottiswoode's film feels as alive and vital as the best of the genre. Showing his ambiguity for the lives he shoots, Price is just as friendly with the impoverished in Africa as with an icy mercenary, Oates (Ed Harris in a role the polar opposite of his breakthrough performance in The Right Stuff the same year). On one level, Oates and Price are simply Americans doing their jobs in a foreign land. But soon Price has a change of heart. Blessed by a splendid final-act action sequence that is unforced and emotionally charged, the film is stuffed with color and energy, a good dose of which is supplied by Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-nominated score. --Doug Thomas
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