Flight of the Intruder | | Cast : | Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe | | Director : | John Milius | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 18, 1991 | | DVD Released Date : | July 01, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 21, 2005 | | Summary | The Nam | Content
 | I don't think this movie was intended to show what air combat is really like over the 'Nam, although Stephen Coonts, the author of the novel, "The Flight ofthe Intruder" did fly combat missions over vietnam. OK, Brad Johnson is a better pretty boy than actor and the FX can be cheesy but Dafoe is does his usual fine job and the story really picks up when he appears. This is the story of two guys who got fed up with risking their lives to bomb water buffalo and rice paddies and decided to take things into their on hands. Historically, the most amazing true fact depicted is that for political reasons the US allowed the North Vietnamese to have "safe areas" where they could stockpile weapons and equipment without fear of attack. This really happened in several different locations in the region. Hopefully we know better now. This is a story about doing the right thing even if it means breaking the rules, consequences, and redemption.
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| Rating | | | Date | December 25, 2004 | | Summary | VERY DISAPOINTING | Content
| I READ A COUPLE OF THE SITES REVIEWS, "THAT'S MUST BE THE PROBLEM". AND WAS HYPED TO GET THIS DVD. IT SAYS ACTION ADVENURE MOVIE. IT'S A TWO HOUR MOVIE. THERE'S ACTION IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES, THEN MAYBE ABOUT FOURTY MINUTES LATER, AND FINALLY WITH TWENTY FIVE MINUTES TO GO IT BECOMES A STORY AND THERE'S PLENTY OF ACTION. THE STORY WHEN IT WAS OVER WAS OK. I HAD A SMILE, BUT I'M NOT WAITING FOR TWO THIRDS OF THE MOVIE TO BE OVER BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS. BEHIND ENEMY LINES WAS BETTER. THERE WAS A STORY AND PLENTY OF ACTION. THIS IS A GOOD RENTAL TAPE. I BOUGHT IT, A MISTAKE. THERE IS NO AS MANY SCENES AS THESE REVIEWERS TELL YOU WHERE YOUR IN THE AIR. I'M DEBATING ABOUT TRADING IT IN. ON THE LIGHTER SIDE I WAS SURE 3000 MILES TO GRACELAND WAS A BOMB AND WAS BLOWN AWAY YESTRDAY WHEN I FINALLY WATCHED IT. I LIKED IT VERY MUCH. I DON'T PICK APART A MOVIE BEACAUSE OF A ACCCENT OR NOT BELIVABLE. UNLESS IT'S A DOCUMENTY I WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED AND THAT MOVIE DID IT WELL. PEACE!!!!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 18, 2004 | | Summary | AVERAGE DRONE WITH DISCONNECTED WAR CLICHES | Content
| Nearly everything about this Top Gun clone formula-flick seems to be borrowed, right down to the pilots' nicknames and its routine war themes of camaraderie, grace under pressure, a nervy disregard for any authority beyond your own conscience, etc etc. Whatever sparse moments of watchability the film produces come mostly from Will Dafoe, one of the many cowboy American soldiers armed with explosives. Passable. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 10, 2004 | | Summary | Great movie about Naval aviation during Nam! | Content
| This movie was great & most people have never even heard of it.
The movie is very accurate & shows what it was like to have piloted an A-6 during Nam. The movie is better than Top Gun because it has more action & it's realistic. This should be in all military buff's collection. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 02, 2004 | | Summary | Will get your blood pressure higher if you love aviation | Content
| Yeah, yeah... I agree with many other viewers. The movie storyline is not as good as in the book in two areas: 1. the in-depth description of its characters -I guess it's just too hard a job to explore the complexity of human personalities within 90mn; 2. the ending which, in the book, is a bit more in line with the actual war in Vietnam. And also, that's true that the special effects are somewhat dated now... But boy, being a professional of aviation, living, breathing, dreaming of it every day of my life, I can't applaude enough to the fact of being able to watch a movie that DOES feature combat aircraft! Just count the number of good action movies that actually show these machines, and I bet you'll be able to count them on the fingers of, say, 2 hands. That's just to stay on the optimistic side of things. Flight of the Intruder is a real cool movie in terms of aircraft footage. You are "behind the wheel", at times you are literally in control of the aircraft. Your heart pumps faster when this ugly looking -and sounding- SAM detection signal flashes to and screams at the crew. And watch these unforgettable scenes with the A-1 Skyraiders, the famous "Sandys" at the end of the film! The shots, the sounds... Everything contributes to raising the hair of your neck with passion! The movie itself is pretty well documented too, if only a bit too simplified. Looks like the film was technically supported by both the Navy and the Air Force. The pilots' jargon is accurate, and so is the overall A-6 bombing philosophy. And after viewing it, you'll sit back and start reflecting on it, and I'm pretty sure that you'll end telling yourself: "These fly-boys in Vietnam... They sure had real guts". Hats and heads down, ladies and gentlemen, and respect for courage! |
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