``Backdraft'' A monumental 90's firefighter movie that revolutionized the expression of flames.

Creature-like production that goes beyond reality

However, this movie is not just realistic. For example, just before an explosion occurs in this work, a glimpse of smoke is always seen near the foot of the door, and it is sucked in through the gap. More than just a chemical reaction, the situation resembles a ferocious carnivorous beast stalking its prey.

Yes, the scary thing about the movie ``Backdraft'' is that the flames and smoke start to seem like a single character with a will. Unlike the past panic movies like `` Towering Inferno '' (1974), there is an innovative production intention similar to `` Jaws '' (1975), where the characters continue to attack with their fangs bared no matter how many times they are defeated. There was.

In this personification, a fire investigator played by Robert De Niro says, ``Flame is alive. It breathes. It eats things. It hates you. It's the only way to defeat it. It's clear that the powerful line, ``It's about thinking like he does,'' also plays a role.

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Pay attention to the intricate mystery

The intricate human drama and suspense are also hidden highlights of this work. The main character (William Baldwin) is eventually transferred from the fire extinguishing team to which his brother, played by Kurt Russell, belongs, and is tasked with investigating the cause of the fire as a fire investigator under De Niro. This becomes the trigger to unravel the mystery of a series of ``Backdraft''.

What is unique here is that this work features a variety of ``villains''. First of all, there is a criminal plotting revenge using the Backdraft phenomenon, there are government officials who are doing evil things behind the scenes, and on the other side of the fence is the legendary arsonist Ronald Bartel (Donald Sutherland). be.

De Niro and Baldwin visit the imprisoned Bartel to find clues about a series of incidents, and in return for the hint, De Niro and Baldwin try to learn about their partner's trauma...huh? This development sounds familiar from somewhere...

According to screenwriter Gregory Wyden's words introduced in an Entertainment Weekly article (*1), Bartel's character seems to overlap with Dr. Hannibal Lecter, known for films such as " The Silence of the Lambs " (1991). It is said that it is "nothing more than a coincidence," but how do you feel about it?

*1 see)https://ew.com/article/1991/06/07/backdraft-and-silence-lambs/