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Firehawk is a 1993 American-Philippine film directed by Cirio H. Santiago and starring Martin Kove.

Kove later called the film "a shoot ’em up, and it didn’t go anywhere." But he said later on Quentin Tarantino told him it was the director's favourite film of Kove's. "Because he worked in video stores and knew all these wonderful movies that had gotten forgotten," said Kove. I was very touched."[1]

Premise

During the Vietnam War, a small team of soldiers attempt to retrieve the firehawk device.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in the Philippines.[2]

Reception

According to TV Guide, "The three central performances, by Salinger, Carson, and top-billed Kove, are strong, if unexceptional. The direction... is strictly routine, and the action scenes, in which the Americans (who are never short of ammunition) mow down hordes of enemy soldiers, repetitive."[2]

Reviewer R.D Francis of B&S About Movies wrote, "you know how it all goes: Lots of huts obliterated. Lots of explosions. Lots of stock footage recycling. Lots of bodies fall to the ground in hails of bullets. But you also get pretty solid acting from everyone — Kove's really good — and all of the expected, solid action we expect from Cirio’s Corman-backed war coffers."[3]

References

  1. ^ "True Hollywood Stories, With Martin Kove Of 'Cobra Kai'". Uproxx. 18 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Review of film at TV Guide
  3. ^ Review of film at B&S About Movies

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