Fire Birds (1990) on Netflix
PG-1319901h 25mActionAdventure
A joint task force moves against a South American drug cartel, but a mercenary in a Scorpion helicopter turns back its air assault. Army pilot Jake Preston enters Apache air-to-air training.
- Netflix2.6/5
- IMDb4.8/108,034 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes8%
Trailer
Plot summary
The United States and a South American ally form a joint task force against a drug cartel that smuggles narcotics into the country. An Army air assault on the cartel's mountain compound is repelled by Eric Stoller, a mercenary pilot flying a modified MD 500 Defender known as the Scorpion. His helicopter shoots down UH-60 Black Hawks and hits their AH-1 Cobra escorts. Jake Preston, the sole surviving Cobra pilot, retreats. The Army plans to deploy four AH-64 Apaches, whose maneuverability and firepower can match the Scorpion's. Preston joins an Apache air-to-air combat course run by instructor Brad Little.
Cast
- Bryan Kestneras Breaker
- Gregory Vahanianas Tom Davis
- Charles Kahlenbergas Oscar De Marco
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Fire Birds (1990)
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- More than 100 technical advisers, stuntmen and pilots worked on Fire Birds, flying real AH-64 Apache, UH-60 Blackhawk, AH-1 Cobra, MD 500 and Saab 35 Draken aircraft with cooperation from the National Guard, the Army and the Air Force.
- Fire Birds opened in a distant fifth place with $6,358,761 from 2,006 theaters, while Back to the Future Part III opened in first place the same weekend with $23,703,060.
- In its second week of release Fire Birds' takings fell 58.9% to $2,611,812 and it slipped to sixth place, while Total Recall unseated Back to the Future Part III at number one.
- The helicopter training aerial stunt sequences were designed by Richard T. Stevens, who also coordinated the visuals for the film and had worked on Top Gun.
