Firestorm (1998): Dir: Dean Semler / Cast: Howie Long, Suzy Amis, Scott Glenn, William Forsythe, Barry Pepper: Dense project seen dozens of times with all of its dull clichés. Perhaps the title represents the chaos that the heroes will reserve. A bus load of criminals use a firestorm as an opportunity for escape. Howie Long plays a firefighting hero who battles the villains and gets the girl. Predictable outcome sodomized by juvenile action sequences. One idiot decides to use his obsession with wrestling as a counter to Long. The criminals themselves are quite gullible since the leader kills two or three with stupid excuses to match. Director Dean Semler does his best but even the production is nothing spectacular. They could have shot the same thing with a camp fire and action figures. Long is there to appear big and beat up criminals and looking bad doing so. Scott Glenn is wasted in a cardboard role. Suzy Amis plays the dimwit damsel who is caught not once, but twice because she is an airhead. William Forsythe is laughable as the villain who makes nasty remarks but ultimately it is obvious that Long will kick his ass up over his head. He also makes several successful attempts to kill off anyone else who was suppose to be in on his stupid evil plan. One of the most uninteresting films ever made and should be tossed in a campfire and roast marshmallows over its firestorm. Score: 2 / 10
Review of Firestorm
