Backdraft

About Backdraft

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.

Ron Howard's Backdraft is a 1991 crime thriller film. The film is filed under corruption, rescue, explosion, and fire.

Kurt Russell appears as Stephen McCaffrey, William Baldwin as Brian McCaffrey, Robert De Niro as Donald Rimgale, and Donald Sutherland as Ronald Bartel. At 137 minutes long, it arrived in May 1991.

The screenplay is by Gregory Widen. It is part of Backdraft Collection. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel.

City on Fire, Primal Fear, and Frequency make useful companions to Backdraft, all filed under arson. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 1,632 votes and it carries a R rating.