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Flight of the Intruder

PG-13 1991 1h 55m War History Drama List
25% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 51% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings
U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton (Brad Johnson) and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole (Willem Dafoe), are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli (Danny Glover), to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed. Read More Read Less
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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: C+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times It's a strangely disconnected movie that leads up to a point, makes it, and then drones on for another 45 minutes in increasingly witless cliches. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: C+ Jan 18, 1991 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 18, 2005 Full Review Eric Melin Lawrence.com Rated: 0/5 Oct 22, 2004 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 2/5 May 14, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Laurie S This film conveys the idea the Vietnam war was fought by spoiled children in planes. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/24 Full Review Chris H Despite the flaws its an entertaining movie with some good characters. Is there anything Glover does that isn't good? Johnson and Defoe's own personalities and fame don't detract from the characters they are playing which is good Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/12/23 Full Review fawnl l Having been there at that time it was somewhat of a slap on the face to the Men aboard USS Saratoga and VA-75. It was THEY that conducted strikes and operations at the time the film was depicted. The Indy was stateside. Plenty of footage could have been used from that cruise. A7 coming aboard with hole in wing when a SAM went through it without detonating and a A6 that caught the barricade after smashing into tree tops while avoiding a SAM. Overall a fun action packed flick with some of the fun times in Olongapo. Things a sailor will never forget along with the boredom and sad lonely horrific times aboard ship. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/16/23 Full Review rick f The only parts worth watching in this movie are the deck and flying sequences. It is a cheesy, clumsy copycat of Top Gun. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Classical movie feel while watching. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked it. Sort of. Yeah, it is a mess. But I've watched it twice over the decades and found it mildly entertaining. The camera work pretty much stunk and the script could have been great but it wasn't. If Jerry B had done this it could have been a knockout but alas you didn't even need to pause it while going to the bathroom because when you came back it was still slowly grinding away. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton (Brad Johnson) and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole (Willem Dafoe), are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli (Danny Glover), to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed.
Director
John Milius
Producer
Mace Neufeld, Robert Rehme
Screenwriter
Robert Dillon, David Shaber
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Rating
PG-13
Genre
War, History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 19, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$13.4M
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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