Votre Filmothèque
Cast
- Nick NolteRussell Price
- Gene HackmanAlex Grazier
- Joanna CassidyClaire
- Ed HarrisOates
- Jean-Louis TrintignantMarcel Jazy
- Richard MasurHub Kittle
- Alma MartinezIsela
- René EnríquezPresident Anastasio Somoza
- Hamilton CampRegis Seydor
- Jenny GagoMiss Panama
- 90
The New Yorker
A beautiful piece of new-style classical moviemaking. Everything is thought out and prepared, but it isn't explicit, it isn't labored, and it certainly isn't overcomposed. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Under Fire surrounds these performances with a vivid sense of place and becomes, somewhat surprisingly, one of the year's best films. - 80
Time Out
A thrilling film, with a head, a heart, and muscle. - 80
Christian Science Monitor
Under Fire is not a gentle experience. But it offers more to think about than any other new Hollywood picture. [23 Nov 1983, p.42] - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Director Roger Spottiswoode, who edited a number of Sam Peckinpah movies, succeeds brilliantly in creating the chaotic last days of Somoza's government while at the same time incisively evaluating the moral dilemma faced by war correspondents. - 75
Miami Herald
It's a troubling movie, and there's something old-fashioned about its mechanics as drama, but Spottiswoode forces us to look at the humanity under duress behind all those back-of-the-book war stories. That in itself is enough. [22 Oct 1983, p.D7] - 70
Variety
Thesping is on the plus side, particularly Nolte in a role cut to his proportions. Director Roger Spottiswode, after a couple of earlier actioners, has great potential. - 70
Los Angeles Times
A good, rock 'em, shock 'em political thriller, done in the best imitation Costa-Gavras style by director Roger Spottiswoode. [08 Oct 1989, p.5]