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Oh. Oh dear.

It needs to be said - in the same way that some movies quickly impress with a strong opening scene, the first several minutes of 'Firestorm' are profoundly disordered. Cacophonous sound design and zippy sequencing make me immediately doubt and begin to regret the decision to watch. While the film at large doesn't necessarily maintain the same level of bombast in its fundamental presentation, the storytelling is absolutely characterized by the same flailing disarray. There's a lot going on here, but I'm not entirely sure what all of it was. This movie was... an experience.

Semi-regular title cards or overlaid text indicates the setting for scenes, whether of time or place. Special effects and computer-generated imagery ranges from adequate to dubious. Costume design, and hair and makeup work, is rarely more than perfunctory. Dialogue and scene writing swings wildly from dull and underwhelming one moment, to senselessly overcooked the next - sometimes within the same scene. Acting absolutely follows the same pattern for all on hand, not least of all where lead Bentley Mitchum is concerned. In fairness, however, John Shepphird's direction is so flagging that it's easy to believe his guiding hand is responsible for the stilted, unconvincing, floundering performances and execution of scenes.

The broad strokes of the narrative are better than what a basic premise portends, and I think there are some very good ideas here. But the story falls apart in the details. There were multiple instances while watching where I was given pause, altogether questioning a story beat. Frankly, 'Firestorm' inspires skepticism more than anything else. I admire some of the filming locations, and set design, and there are some fine examples of lighting here and there. Some of the music is enjoyable. But if these are the most praiseworthy elements of a feature, let alone a sci-fi action-thriller specifically, then something is very, very wrong.

Granted, there's no mistaking that the production operated on a less than stellar budget. It has no illusion of being anything it's not, and deficient as 'Firestorm' is in far too many ways, there was no intent here except to tell a story and make a movie. The fact that the film's deficiencies prevent it from being fun is deeply unfortunate. I want to like this more than I do, and I feel bad being so critical - I genuinely appreciate the work that was put into it - yet no matter how you try to frame it, this is a troubled picture that needed a lot more financial backing, and a lot more care generally. True, there are still worse films you could watch, but save for the direly bored and the irrepressibly curious, there's just not much of a reason to check this out.

This is one of those so-bad-it's-kinda-good movies that you can't help liking, despite all its shortcomings. Basic plot: The year is 2047, and there's a mean guy enslaving androids for his own evil purposes (played by the brilliantly hammy John Savage). Of course there are some rebels also, led by the android Robert Carradine, with some help from a reluctant jazz-musician, whose cop-twin brother was snuffed by the bad guys!

Bentley Mitchum was actually quite likeable as the leading actor, I wonder whatever happened to his career... 10 years after making this movie he was demoted to barely getting a minor part (as a wimpy deputy) in "Walking Tall 2: The Payback", but here he was really fun to watch, in a dual role playing two twin brothers - having relations with two women as well (Sherrie Rose being one of them), which gives a few akward moments.

Overall, not completely terrible, but by no means a good movie! And look out for those "Howie Screams" throughout - seems they couldn't afford using a sound designer, so they just used stock audio instead! :'D

Not a bad movie. Cast is strong - Bentley Mitchum, John Savage, Paul Williams all turn is a great performance. Roxanna Zal (Rivers edge) might want to consider turning in her Emmy though. Her performance is sooo boring it brings the movie down a bit. Otherwise, the movie is fun. Explosions, fights, guns, twists and turns. Even a small role played by Gary wolf(scott's brother)! Great for a rainy day sunday afternoon...

I watched this years ago and let me tell you something it was nothing short of complete garbage because it was so full of endless cliché not to mention the horrible script and dreadful acting! Quite frankly the actors looked embarrassed to be in this film which I would be surprised if they were given the horrible script and dialogue that the film has.

Also the characters varied from poor to cliché and the script was so bad it lost me a lot. Also let's not forget the characters, who were terrible and were very uninteresting at best!

Overall this is just another trashy Science Fiction that is very third rate! In fact this was one of the most dreadful movies I ever saw in my life!