Bad Movie Thursday

Date Watched: 9/10/20

Starring: Howie Long, Scott Glenn, Suzy Amis, William Forsythe, Barry Pepper

Plot: Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to recover thirty-seven million dollars in stashed loot.  (From IMDB)

Rules:

• Say “smokejumpers” or “smokejump”
• Fire puns
• Say “shake and bake”
• Every time Sherman does something dumb

Quotes:

• “Stick it in there.  C’mon Belcher.”
• “Whats wrong?  Take in a little smoke today?”
• “I’m killing you.  It’s strictly a matter of mathematics.”
• “Where do think they plan on running… to Burger King?”

Viewer quotes:

• “I’m pretty sure that’s not how they do that.  (said about the smokejumpers)”
• “Ah, you can still jump.”
• “Which way should I go?  Oh, I know, away from the fire.”
• “#MontanaKnowledge”

Things we learned:

• Howie Long knows when a boat is about to explode just by looking at it.
• You can have a giant knife in prison.
• Ping pong balls are very flammable #MontanaKnowledge
• Graham is a birder and Howie Long is not.
• Female hostages are more valuable.
• Setting a backfire can draw fire from a main fire. #MontanaKnowledge
• Fire goes backwards in Canada.
• Chainsaws will run without your finger on them.
• Howie Long hates water.
• Howie Long chews carefully.

Final Take:

It was fairly terrible and enjoyable to watch.  It’s basically a mash up of Backdraft and Cliffhanger, and it didn’t surprise us at all that Sylvester Stallone was attached to this at one point.  There’s not enough here to make it a classic BMT movie, but it was good for what it was.