Ablaze Movie
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Storyline
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"A firestorm of fiery action and scorching suspense!"
Hoping to make a killing on the insurance money, oil refinery owner Wendell Mays decides to burn the place to the ground. His greed endangers the lives of the entire town as the fireball creates a spreading inferno threatens to engulf the entire city, and stretches the abilities of the fire department and the local hospital to their breaking points.
| John Bradley | Jack Thomas |
| Tom Arnold | Wendell Mays |
| Ice-T | Albert Denning |
| Amanda Pays | Jennifer Lewis |
| Cathy Lee Crosby | Elizabeth Sherman |
| Pat Harrington Jr. | Stuart Ridgley |
| Edward Albert | Mayor Phillips |
| Michael Dudikoff | Daniels |
| Mary Jo Catlett | Nurse Winslow |
| Richard Biggs | Garrison |
| Christian Oliver | Tim Vester |
| Michael Tucci | Scott |
| William Zabka | Curt Peters |
| Eric James Virgets | Workman |
| Michael Cavanaugh | Chief Sam Davis |
| Jim Wynorski |
3.30 out of 10 (188 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Sickening
posted on 28 Apr 2009..::**Possible Spoilers**::.. I remember browsing the shelf at Movie World, and me, being a fireman, my eye caught the cover. It looked good. The cover is the only good thing about this piece of trash. I knew something was wrong when you could see the stunt mans "goo". Next thing I know, our "heros" pull up in an outdated piece of crap, and run in with next to no gear on. They would have been just as well of dousing themselves in gasoline before running inside. The plot dissolved after the beginning credits rolled, and after the ending credits, still wonder what happened to the arsonist plot. I think the PFD on their helmets stands for "Pretend Fire Department" because everything they could have done wrong in this movie is done wrong. It's weird how you can leave they leave the station in a Ward, then shows them responding with what looks like European apparatus, and even shows a tiller (where the heck did this come from) and then they pull up to the scene in a totally different rig. In one scene, you can see Jonny and Roy pull up in squad 51 (tv show emergency!) I think they used more stock footage than actual footage they taped themselves. Chessy one liners, innacurate statements, the list goes on and on. This piece of trash should be lit ablaze.
Not too bad for a lesser Hollywood movie.
posted on 01 Feb 2009Not too bad for a lesser Hollywood movie with no big screen names(Ice-T don't count). It's got the usual amount of bloopers that you can expect from a such a movie. It also got the usual amounts of flaws in how things are done, like a fire rescue team running into a burning and smoking building without the proper equipment, kinda like "firemen Rambos".The storyline could have been better, but I've seen worse in some of the major hit movies the last 10 years. However, the movie does have a "tv movie" feel to it, with some of the acting and how it's shot.As for the cast, some of them I would have expected more from, while others that are more unknown does a rather good job.But overall, if you manage to ignore the bloopers and errors, it's an enjoyable film to watch when you're out of the "major name" movies. Just grab the popcorn and enjoy.
A Scorching Thriller!
posted on 23 Dec 2008Fast-paced, action-packed, adrenalin rush with the best firefighting sequences and raw fear-inducing imagery. Characters come to life on the screen and John Bradley is too hot to handle. Jim Wynorski (Vampirella, Transylvania Twist etc) is a superlative director. Ice T is over the top, as usual as a hip cop. You'll never play with matches again!
A complete and utter load of worthless rubbish
posted on 11 May 2007It could be a very lame poor parody of fire disaster films, but has not a jot of wit or intelligence.Poor camera work - some of it lifted from stock footage or other movies.Acting is incredibly lame.Scripting abysmal.Direction atrocious.Everything about this movie sucks big time.Whoever participated should be ashamed, and should be banned from movies for ever! One of the worst - no redeeming features.2 stars for some interesting pictures of 1960s fire engines.
atrocity to the movie world and all of it's fans
posted on 09 May 2007i would like to know one and only one thing about this movie, WHY IS ICE-T BILLED SO BOLDLY?!?! he is in the movie for all of 10 seconds and manages to make it to the front cover it is ludicrous to even think that a character so meaningless and replaceable would even be listed in the credits before the first 10. now to continue with the plot, THERE IS NO PLOT fire thats all there is to explain this atrocity of a movie lots of fire and explosions, gas leaks corrupt firemen and mayors. WHAT DID ANY OF IT HAVE TO DO WITH THE REST?! this movie wasn't worth the meager 3 dollars blockbuster charged me to rent it, i believe it should come with a large warning, if you have brain cells do not rent this movie or they will explode. ALL OF THEM!!
Possible spoiler
posted on 27 Apr 2007May spoil the movie.What, are you crazy? This movie has to be the absolute worst movie I have ever seen. They piece parts together from other shows, mainly Emergency! and video clips from foreign films about fires. I noted a change in fire engines seven times in a 10 minute segment!The first part doesn't even relate to the last part. Where did Ice-T go after the dude set himself on fire in the first scene? Then he just randomly appears at the end? This movie is destined for the fiery pit from which it came.Too many questions, too little time.
Yet another movie they lifted from (Striking Distance)
posted on 20 Jul 2005Not only did they lift scenes from City on Fire but the opening chase sequence was lifted from the Bruce Willis movie Striking Distance!This movie was probably the worst movie I have seen.This movie belongs in the bargain bin at Wal Mart, ummm... better yet it belongs in the trash.
I joined this board while late for work
posted on 20 Jun 2005just to warn everyone how bad this "film" is. Acting, directing, make up, script... I bet even the food served to the cast and crew on set made everyone sick. The main plot and all of the sub plots suck. Nothing is logical, scenes are re-used, and mistakes are everywhere. Here are some examples from the first 30 minutes of the film:The bad guys "get away" car loses its' front bumper in a crash and then regains it. The power cord leading to the rotating red light on top of the cop car switches from inside to outside the door frame in milliseconds.The actor in the first fire stunt is so covered with protective gel he looks like "grease man." A ranging fire starts inside a bedroom so fast that only gallons of gasoline could have been responsible. A plastic toy kangaroo survives the blazing inferno for at least 10 minutes while only inches from the flames. The "firemen" all run into the inferno without masks, oxygen, or even gloves. Then they stroll about perfectly upright throughout the blazing structure as without a care in the world. One actor falls down and barely bumps his head and then everyone expects him to die. Which he does, but only after a twenty minute death bed confession. It goes on and on and on. See how many you can spot.So bad it is almost funnyI have to turn off the TV and go to work now, thank God.Mike
Beyond the pale... Godless
posted on 11 Oct 2004Although I have been a firefighter for 23 years, I make it a point to not be overly critical when the technical "advisors" drop the ball as they so often have (even on Backdraft and Ladder 49). However, the absolute disregard for any reasonable correctness in this abomination is unforgivable. But the firefighting aspects aside, this movie to date stands alone as the worst that I have ever seen. Ever. I accept some of the blame for not ejecting the thing but it was like a train wreck. I could not look away.As we all can attest, some movies by virtue of their awfulness can be fun. (i.e. Ed Wood's side-splitting "Plan-9 From Outer Space") This was not one of them. "Ablaze" is one of the many Hollywood debacles that must beg the question, "where do they get the money?".
I want my money back.
posted on 01 Oct 2004Wow. 'Ablaze' was terrible. I just rented it and watched it, and had to find a place to post a review to warn people to STAY AWAY! Bad acting, bad script, horrible special effects, etc. The movie box says something about a serial arsonist being on the loose (*cough*Backdraft*cough*), but that has absolutely nothing to do with the plot. It advertises that Tom Arnold and Ice T are the main actors in it...wrong. Ice T is in the movie for less than 5 minutes and makes no impact on the storyline whatsoever, and Arnold really doesn't have more than a dozen speaking lines before he's killed. On a technical note, this movie was made only like 3 years ago, but they're driving a tiller ladder truck that looks like it dates back to the 50's. Half of the apparatus in the movie I'm pretty sure is English anyway. At the house fire, they go into a burning building without SCBAs. And could someone explain how the Captain's brother died? He didn't have major burns, he didn't take in any more smoke than the other guys with him did, but somehow he dies. None of the stuff they're doing makes any sense. If you want a good firefighting movie, go see Ladder 49.
waste of time
posted on 23 Jun 2004This film is a waste of time. Much of the footage was taken from the 1979 film,City on fire,starring Leslie Nielson,. Ice-T had very few lines. Go to the video store and rent the original,City on fire, with better cast. Leave Ablaze alone, not worth watching,a waste of time.
Ablaze
posted on 21 Jan 2004This movie is great, but there's one thing that the end credits say that is not entirely true. The end credit say that the movie was shot entirely on location in Los Angeles, California. Not true. There is original footage from the 1970's from an apartment building in flames in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I recognize the blue and white police car on the left of the screen and also the housing style as I have been to Montreal many many times living 1 1/5 hours drive from that city. Also the firefighting gear is mostly Canadian in the film, especially in the original footage. Now my big question is, being an avid collector of vintage Canadian firefighting gear, how did the producers get a hold of all of the vintage gear like; Chieftain long coats, Chieftain firefighter rubber hip boots, etc... That is something very, very special that is very, very rare. Two thumbs way up for this.Big Toe 4
Simply a very bad film !
posted on 11 Jan 2004My Dear God i must start out by saying that i wasnt happy at all with this. Was it just me or did all the firefighting scenes and Stock shots come from the 70's ?? It was a cross between a bad takeoff on Lethal weapon and loaded weapon. I didnt know if i was supposed to laugh or be serious. My favorite scene is the dialogue between Tom Arnold and his two henchmen trying to cover up the sloppy oil refinery job their doing. i qoute. Go find those damn files and Change your clothers for gods sake you stink. WOW pure bad acting. Meet the stupids / Rosanne. Oh boy
a reel must not see....
posted on 30 Nov 2003the spoiler is the first full sequence of the movie was better in the movie it was lifted from (bruce willis' striking distance). then there was a fire at 1313 mockingbird lane(isn't that where the munsters live). not to mention ice tea phoned in his performance, i'm sure just for the paycheck. it was almost like watching a train wreck, no matter how bad it was you look for a glimmer of hope. but alas , no glimmer of hope , no happy ending no story. i could have done better special effects with stuff from my house. actually there was one good sequence , but like i said , that was taken from another movie. and the funny thing about that was i saw striking distance one day and this looser came on the next day.
A Ripoff of "City on Fire"
posted on 01 Oct 2003I have been interested in disaster films since seeing the ?Poseidon Adventure? in 1972 (among the better made) and over the years I have seen many, some good, many bad. I rented this film,interested by the box?s description. When I actually started to watch it, I felt like I was experiencing deja vu. In 1979, another film was released called ?City on Fire? with an identical plot involving a city, an industrial complex, and firestorm. Having seen it about three times, I am somewhat familiar with the plot. ?Inferno? is nearly identical, in fact it is if someone took that other script, altered some things and came up with this. The kid trapped in the house, the hospital trapped in the firestorm, the scaffolding falling on people running from the hospital, the guy running into the burning building to retrieve a file, and the gauntlet of fire people must run to escape the hospital are a number of examples. Another person stated that some scenes looked like stock footage from the 70s, the reason for this is that many of those scenes appeared to have been lifted from ?City on Fire.? This film was an embarrassment to those performing in it and the writer should be ashamed of themselves. I am surprised the original scriptwriter did not try and sue for copyright infringement. They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, in this case it is not.
Almost a Parody!
posted on 28 Apr 2003This movie is a page out of movie history, it first came out as 'Striking distance' the cop car chase scene in the beginning is exactly the same as the chase scene in 'Striking distance' complete with the cars rolling down the embankment at the end of the chase (I thought the bad guy was going to get out and shoot Ice T). Oh by the way, what happens to Ice T later on in the movie? . Then as the movie progresses, it turns into 'City on fire' a disastrous disaster movie from 1979 complete with scenes right out of 'City of fire'. I mean the actual scenes in 'City on fire' were cut and pasted into 'Ablaze'. Like the scene where the nurse opens the closet door and gets smoked. I wonder how they got away with that? I was waiting for Shelly Winters to make a cameo. (They could of cut and pasted her to!). What a Bomb!
warning: watching this movie can cause serious brain damage!
posted on 30 Oct 2002ablaze is absolutely the wort movie i've seen in years. it is so bad that it comes close to being a parody. but parodies were meant to be absurd, the worst thing about ablaze is that it actually tries to be a serious action movie. i wonder whether the director/producer hung himself after seeing the end result. he should be banned from any film studio for the rest of his life!there is totally nothing positive to mention about this movie: camera-work is a drama. action scenes are totally absurd. the acting is below every possible standard, the average commercials actors, selling loans, is doing a better job than these people. the movie is loaded with bloopers, all over the place.this movie trying to be serious is an absolute insult to the viewer's intelligence, even if the viewer is a complete moron.watching this movie is an absolute waste of time, you could just as well stick your head into the sand for an hour and a half!
Someone set the script on fire
posted on 12 Jun 2002Absolutely terrible. How can abominations like this ever be made? A decent premise (city put in danger by big corporation, heroically saved by firefighters), but an absolute cliche ridden script of the worst order, hammy acting by a cast who don't seem to know whether to play it for laughs, and very cheap and repetitive special effects. Must have been a stuntmans hog heaven, because we get to see lots of people wandering around on fire and falling from buildings for no good reason. Ice-T, despite taking second billing, appears only for about a minute at the start and a minute at the end. Tom Arnold picks up his cheque by sleepwalking through his role, and the rest of the cast must have been desperate for work and are desperately under rehearsed or just unfamiliar with the script.You know something is badly wrong when in the intro scene, a man sets on fire by the side of an extremely large lake, yet prefers to wander around going 'argh, argh' rather than THROWING HIMSELF IN THE LAKE! The final climactic scene is frankly laughable - not even 'good in a bad way' as people make mistakes that they simply wouldn't do in real life (walking around slowly and having a look at the pretty fires rather than running like hell). Do yourself a favour and avoid this turkey.
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Best worst movie ever made!
posted on 25 Jun 2009I have been a firefighter for over 21 years. When I first saw this movie I was outraged! How in the heck could anyone have made such a horrible piece of garbage? Yikes! Then I saw it again, and realized that I had watched history being made. Out of all the horribly made, horribly acted, horribly edited B-movies ever made, this is the BEST WORST MOVIE EVER MADE! I loved this so much, I actually bought it. It is great fun to see where all the mistakes are, like the British fire trucks responding to the American fire (it's even in the trailer!). I saw Striking Distance the other day, and fell out of my chair when I saw the chase scene from that. OH MY GAWD. I even showed this movie to my firefighter friends, and they agree with me that this is THE BEST WORST MOVIE EVER MADE.