Under Fire

    Under Fire
    1983

    Synopsis

    Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.

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    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

    Recommandations

    • 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]