Backdraft

Backdraft

6.7IMDb Score
Released:1991-05-24
Duration:137 min
Director:Ron Howard
Actors:Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Production:Trilogy Entertainment Group, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures

Overview:

Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.

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