No, it's not the best movie ever made, but it is worth a watch. As far as I know, nobody else has done a movie about people who put out oil well fires. So it is in a class by itself.
Red Adair served as technical adviser so you know they got the details right. You got the definite taste of what it is like to fight an oil well fire. No glamor, no glitz. Just hard, dangerous work.
The score wasn't too bad. I enjoyed the theme song. It always starts up whenever a call about a new job comes in. It helps make a nice transition from the everyday ordinary life, and the serious business of putting out fires.
A bit of trivia, the last fire that supposedly was in some Latin American country was filmed in Wyoming. When John Wayne comes flying into the airport there, you can see Casper Mountain in the background. It's quite amusing for anyone who has ever spent time there.
Red Adair served as technical adviser so you know they got the details right. You got the definite taste of what it is like to fight an oil well fire. No glamor, no glitz. Just hard, dangerous work.
The score wasn't too bad. I enjoyed the theme song. It always starts up whenever a call about a new job comes in. It helps make a nice transition from the everyday ordinary life, and the serious business of putting out fires.
A bit of trivia, the last fire that supposedly was in some Latin American country was filmed in Wyoming. When John Wayne comes flying into the airport there, you can see Casper Mountain in the background. It's quite amusing for anyone who has ever spent time there.