Wednesday, October 6, 2004

LADDER 49




Adventure, drama

PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Joacquin Phoenix: Jack Morrison, firefighter
John Travolta: Mike Kennedy, Captain of Engine Co. 33
Jacinda Barrett: Linda, Jack’s girlfriend/wife

REVIEW
While falling in and out of consciousness, we see in flashback the life of a firefighter (Jack) over a ten year period. There’s a nice balance with realistic scenes of fires in Baltimore and the quieter moments in the life of the men who battle these out breaks.

Travolta delivers a riveting performance as he demonstrates his pride of the men and his management skills during all kinds of events.

CLASSIFICATION
for intense fire and rescue situations, and for language.

FOR NITPICKERS ONLY
While rescuing a man from the exterior of a burning building, Jack swings into and shatters one of the windows, but not the middle frame. In the immediate close-up of Jack we see the window in the background but the middle frame has somehow disappeared.

Responding to a fire during a snowstorm, within two blocks of leaving the station the roof of both trucks are completely covered with snow, an accumulation that would take a couple of hours with the trucks stationary.

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