Movie

Fire Birds (1990)

• PG-13
• May 25, 1990
• 1h 25m

• Action
• Adventure

“The best just got better”

Overview

A joint task force operation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Army has been formed to dismantle one of the largest drug cartels operating in South America. Multiple attempts to assault the cartel's mountainous compound have been thwarted by a Scorpion-attack helicopter piloted by a cartel leader, Eric Stoller (Bert Rhine). After having several aircraft shot down, most notably a pair of UH–60 Black Hawks and their AH–1 Cobra escorts, the army turns to the new AH–64 Apache attack helicopter, which can match its enemies' maneuverability and firepower.

Director

David Green

Writers

Step Tyner, Nick Thiel, Paul F. Edwards, John K. Swensson

Starring

Nicolas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, Sean Young