Review of Firepower

Firepower (1979)
5/10
Around the world with a lot of action.
15 January 2021
Warning: Spoilers
ITC films certainly had some starry adventures, films like "The Tamarind Seed", "The Cassandra Crossing", "Voyage of the Damned", "The Boys From Brazil" and "Movie/Movie". Stars like Julie Andrews, Richard Harris, Faye Dunaway, Sophia Loren, Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier and George C. Scott. Spy dramas, disaster, political thrillers. Great stories under the production of Sir Lew Grade, and this is one of the most starry. It starts off of course with a shocking event, an explosion that kills the husband of Sophia Loren and his brother, and she joins forces with the FBI who has their own agenda to find those responsible.

So in this nice little action film, you get Sophia Loren, James Coburn in a dual role, OJ Simpson, Eli Wallach, Anthony Franciosa, Billy Barty and George Grizzard, some really despicable villains, great location footage and views into local traditions and the various cultures. There are a lot of explosions, shootouts and fires starting, so you certainly won't fall asleep.

One of the more shocking scenes had Coburn and Simpson dipping a man in blood after he has been doused into shark infested waters in order to find out information as the fins appear. There's not enough time for real character development, just lots of action and the chance to playfully ogle the gorgeous Sophia. I can't think of anything wrong with that list of things to make you enjoy this.
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