Backdraft (1991)

Name: Backdraft
Released: 1991
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh

• Movies, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

• 137 min

6.7

Silently behind a door, it waits. One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage. In that instant it can create a hero...or cover a secret.

Directed by: Ron Howard
Casting: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Glenn, Rebecca De Mornay, Jason Gedrick, J. T. Walsh, Anthony Mockus Sr., Cedric Young, Juan Ramírez, Kevin Casey, Jack McGee, Mark Wheeler, Richard Lexsee, Beep Iams, Ryan Goldstein, John Duda, Robert Swan, Clint Howard, Ron West, Kevin Crowley, Carlos Sanz, Jane Jenkins, David Crosby, W. Earl Brown, James Ritz, Irma P. Hall, Nydia Rodriguez Terracina, Dennis Liddiard, David Luckenbach, Gregory Lundsgaard, Dan Tullis Jr., Peter C. Hobert
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1991-05-24
Status: Released

Tags: chicago, illinois, rescue, fire, corruption, sibling relationship, psychopath, office, investigation, danger of life, arson, firefighting, explosion, warehouse, pyromaniac, firefighter, somber, suspenseful

Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.