FALLING FIRE 1996
A film review by Timothy Voon
Copyright 1998 Timothy Voon
Directed by Daniel D'Or Cast Michael Paré, Heidi von Palleske, Mackenzie Gray, Zerha Leverman, Cedric Turner, Christian Vidosa Written by Daniel D'Or, Peter I. Horton, Philip Jackson
There seems to be a revived interest surrounding falling meteorites and the destruction of our beloved home planet Earth. It has been suggested that these comets with pretty tails, were most likely caused the extinction of the dinosaurs not too long ago. In the coming event of METEOR another big, Hollywood disaster, action flick, there was first FALLING FIRE, starring Michael Pare - an underrated C Grade action prince.
This movie begins by explaining how all of earth's natural mineral resources have been depleted by the demands of overpopulation. The Earth's solution to this problem is not family planning, but rather pulling a meteorite out of its trajectory and into earth's orbit for mining. Anyone in their right minds will now that this is just asking for unwanted trouble. But alas an intensely dangerous situation must be created for Pare to display his fighting skills. To be fair, some credit must be given to Pare for giving his character an element of depth, when arguing in the ‘problem with wife scene', and for showing some emotion in the ‘air born sex scene'.
To make the plot more simple than it already is, add a saboteur aboard the space station, throw in a religious fanatic groups out to destroy earth, include elements of murder/mystery, with Pare trying to act and you'll have a unbelievably great time at the C Grade Pics.
Timothy Voon e-mail: stirling@netlink.com.au http://us.imdb.com/M/reviews_by?Tim+Voon
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