Fire Birds

1h 25min

Action

Adventure

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.

Production Companies

Nova International Films

Touchstone Pictures

Cast

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage

Jake Preston
Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

Brad Little
Sean Young

Sean Young

Billie Lee Guthries
Dale Dye

Dale Dye

A.K. McNeil
Illana Diamant

Illana Diamant

Sharon Geller
Marshall R. Teague

Marshall R. Teague

Doug Daniels
Cylk Cozart

Cylk Cozart

Dewar Proctor
Charles Kahlenberg

Charles Kahlenberg

Oscar De Marco
Robert Lujan

Robert Lujan

Steward Rives
Charles Lanyer

Charles Lanyer

Darren Phillips
Mary Ellen Trainor

Mary Ellen Trainor

Janet Little
J.A. Preston

J.A. Preston

General Olcott
Mickey Yablans

Mickey Yablans

Butch Tippet

Release date

25th May 1990

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English