Fire Birds
“The best just got better”
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.
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Cast
17 people
Nicolas Cage
Jake Preston
Known for
The Croods
National Treasure
Tommy Lee Jones
Brad Little
Known for
Men in Black
No Country for Old Men
Sean Young
Billie Lee Guthries
Known for
Blade Runner
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Bryan Kestner
Breaker
Known for
The Running Man
Dale Dye
A.K. McNeil
Known for
Band of Brothers
Knight and Day
Illana Diamant
Sharon Geller
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No Place to Hide
Leave My Wife Alone
Peter Onorati
Rice
Known for
S.W.A.T.
This Is Us
Marshall R. Teague
Doug Daniels
Known for
Road House
Armageddon
Gregory Vahanian
Tom Davis
Also in
Baggage Claim
Shadow Fury
Cylk Cozart
Dewar Proctor
Known for
Conspiracy Theory
16 Blocks
Charles Kahlenberg
Oscar De Marco
Also in
Wedding Crashers
Tough and Deadly
Robert Lujan
Steward Rives
Known for
Vampire's Kiss
David Green Director · Nick Thiel Screenplay Paul F. Edwards Screenplay
Director
David Green
Screenplay
Nick Thiel
Screenplay
Paul F. Edwards
Story
Dale Dye
Story
Step Tyner
Story
John K. Swensson
Composer
David Newman
Cinematographer
Tony Imi
Editor
Jon Poll
Editor
Norman Buckley
Editor
Dennis M. O'Connor
Production designer
Joseph T. Garrity
Costume designer
Ellis Cohen
Worldwide gross $15M · Budget $22M · United States release May 25, 1990
Box office
Budget
$22,000,000
Worldwide gross
$14,760,451
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
Nova International Films
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 25, 1990
Theatrical
Germany
July 12, 1990 · Theatrical
Greece
July 15, 1990 · Theatrical
Japan
August 11, 1990 · Theatrical
Türkiye
December 14, 1990 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 19, 1990 · Theatrical
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