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Summary: Wonderful Film
Review: "In 20 years we shall see who was right." In my opinion, this is the most poignant line in the movie. As another reviewer stated, the revolutionaries are painted filmed through a rose-colored lense. But that's exactly the point. The two journalists fell in loce with the cause and we see it through their eyes. The Frenchman balances this with his fantastic line that explains that a cause can seem really great at the time, but those in power are all the same.
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Summary: Stands the test of Time
Review: An underappreciated film, with brilliant performances by Gene Hackman, Nick Nolte, and Joanna Cassidy. All at the top of their game. Director Roger Spottiswoode brings a spare, yet sensual atmosphere to this work. This and Salvador are the best war-journalism films ever made. Do see it.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: Awesome movie... really keeps you watching and wanting to watch it again once your done.
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Summary: Great !
Review: Best photojournalism movie I've ever seen. Nick Nolte does his usual great job and Ed Harris (a very under-rated actor)turns in a wonderfull performance.
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Summary: Underrated, underviewed, Under Fire
Review: Can't believe there isn't a single user review of Under Fire, one of the best ever combos of political intrigue, action, thought, and sensuality. Amazing performances--Nolte fans should consider this a must see. And Joanna Cassiday is on fire, brilliant, incredibly sexy...sad that she has done so little since then. The setting and theme remain all too topical as we continue to get ourselves involved in countries whose cultures we understand not one whit. Do see this movie, please.
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Summary: Fantastic Movie
Review: Great story, First rate acting. I have already worn out one copy over the last few years.
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Summary: A Great Historical Drama
Review: I fell in love with this film years ago, and I was happy when it came out on DVD. It's hard to find footage of "unpopular wars" - particularly those that run counter to US interests. What I like most about this film is how we see what it was like on the streets of Nicaragua... the kind of battles going on and the way the poor and the soldiers - on both sides - looked and acted.
I think it is a shame that this film was put down by reviewer D. MacKenzie ... the Sandinistas were not, as far as I can tell, much like the sorry lot of the East Bloc nations tied directly to Moscow. The sad thing is that the US - by attacking and isolating Latin American countries that turn against the interests of corporations - forced some to seek help wherever they could. Fortunately Nicaragua never was a nasty place to be - like in Cuba. From what one sees in the film, the Sandinistas were perhaps more like the rebels in Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela, and not at all like the brutal and bloodthirsty guerillas in Columbia and Peru. It is a shame they never were allowed to go in their own direction, independent of the US or Moscow.
Another great film people who like this one will enjoy is Ken Loach's "Carla's Song".
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Summary: Not quite as good as all that...
Review: I wouldn't say that this is really an Oscar calibre movie, but it's good, especially after watching Last Plane Out (a pro-Reagan, pro-Jack Cox piece of propaganda that was only on TV). However, the script goes downhill as the movie comes to a close, and the ending is rather contrived. Your opinions of this movie (especially in comparison with Last Plane Out) will depend mainly on your political affiliation and your opinions of the Nicaraguan goings-on in the late 70s. However, looking at them only as movies, Under Fire comes out way on top.
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Summary: It's entertaining...
Review: just don't think you're watching history. Two American journalists get caught up in the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. The cause they sympathize with is a good one, but they let their emotions overcome their professional objectivity. They commit a BIG ethics violation (you might ask, "do journalists have a code of ethics?"), when they're "hired" to take a photograph of the national revolutionary hero who, as far as his supporters around the country know, may or may not be dead. They fall in love with the revolution and each other, their friend and colleague is murdered by Tacho's henchmen, they are chased by the murderous henchmen, but escape, and all ends happily when the Revolution triumphs. One part of the story is based on fact: journalist Bill Stewart was murdered by the Nicaruguan National Guard in 1978, sparking some long-over due non-covert American interest in the Nicaraguan civil war.
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Summary: War Movie from a Reporter's View
Review: Nick Nolte is at his greatest in this movie. He stole it.
Of course, everyone was doing an excellent job or the movie would not have been so moving. Somethimes you laugh, sometimes cry and somtimes you are in a state of horror. I own and would never part with and have seen many times -- my reactions are the same each time. It is war. The danger a reporter on site places his or herself. The Director was excellent. A must see!
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