Ladder 49
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta
Directed by: Jay Russell
WHAT A GREAT MOVIE THIS IS
**** STARS
Trapped in a fire that looks likely to kill him, Jack Morrison(Phoenix) takes the opportunity to look back over his life, career and marriage, while he waits for his company, Ladder 49, to rescue him, if they can. Captain Mike Kennedy (Travolta) plays Phoenix's fire chief and mentor who soons becomes his best friend. Jacinda Barrett plays his wife who should soon become a well-known respected actress. What a great film this is.
The opening sequence is extrodinarally incredible because it shows the bravary that these men have in order to fight against their worst enemy of all, fire. This is not your typical action thriller. This is a movie with a purpose, to show the courage of what these men in company Ladder 49 have to save the life a even a single person trapped in a big skyscraper. I found myself cheering for them throughout the entire movie.
Ladder 49 is realistic with its humor, its action, its teary goodbyes, its bonding towards one another, and mostly, its tribute to the men fighting fires every day. This is the best movie of its kind ever made.
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