Laserdisc Title: "BACKDRAFT"
Edition: Letterboxed Edition (Double-Disc Set)
Directed By: Ron Howard
Starring: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca DeMornay, Donald Sutherland and Robert DeNiro
Production / Year: 1991 Imagine Films Entertainment
Running Time: 135 Minutes / Color
Audio Format: Digital Sound, Dolby Surround, Stereo, CX Encoded
Video Format: LTBX 2.35:1, NTSC, CLV Side 1&2, CAV Side 3
Miscellaneous Features: Rated R, Closed Captioned
Manufactured / Distributed By: MCA Home Video, Inc
Catalog / Spine Number: 41131

IMPORTANT: This is a 12-inch Diameter Laserdisc, which is NOT the same as DVD and cannot be played on a DVD player!

Cosmetic Condition:
Disc (s): Very Good - Some very light to very minor hairline surface swirls or light fingerprint marks
Jacket: Very Good - Normal shelf wear, few creases, slightly worn-out corners or edges and a small split middle of left spine

Synopsis:

The thing about this movie, is that it is cool to finally have a movie just about fire fighting. Yeah firefighting, I'd like to see more movies about firefighting because I am one myself, that is why I realize how incredibly unrealistic the film actually is.

There is no way any man or woman could walk around a smokey room without a SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Aparatus). Also, these guys aren't wearing hoods, their necks would be awefully crispy after every fire.

Plus, did any body else realize that the fire didn't really spread, it kinda just sat there. Well rather is sat all around the building, and the only roof collape is at the end of the movie.

I was reading the review before about a guy who was hanging out at his fathers fire station. Well, that's great, my dad's a firefigher too, but where he was wrong, there is such a thing as a backdraft. A backdraft occurs when a fire is contained in an enclosed room where it is not large enough to open any air holes or pockets.

As the fire grows it uses up all the oxygen in the room until there is no more. And as depected in the movie, when oxygen is presented in the rooms atmosphere, an explosion, probably not as large, would occur. Although a rare occurance, backdraft is a serious threat especially in urban or large buildings. He was right however, there is a such thing as a flash over. That's when the contents in a room become so hot they burst in to flames.

All in all the movie was entertaing and took an odd twist. For that I give it four stars, not for it being realistic for that I know it is not.

THIS IS NOT A DVD!!! THIS IS A 12" LASERDISC AND WILL NOT PLAY IN A DVD PLAYER

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