Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire

Went direct to DVD for several good reasons

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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2013

A firefighter (Josh Duhamel) witnesses a murder by a white supremacist (Vincent D’Onofrio) and goes into federal witness protection, where he hooks up with his pretty US Marshall minder (Rosario Dawson). But when the Aryan bastid starts offing his fellow firemen, he contrives to leave the program, join up with local lawman Bruce Willis and use his firefighting skills to fight back. Despite the paycheck-collecting cast, this went direct to DVD for several good reasons. Everyone is miscast, the low budget shows, the script is laughably lame, and the “climax” is colossally underwhelming. (97 min) Starting Feb 2