A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and must run away together to escape the law, the church and their parents.A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and must run away together to escape the law, the church and their parents.A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and must run away together to escape the law, the church and their parents.
J.J. Cohen
- Mapmaker
- (as Jeffrey Jay Cohen)
William G. Schilling
- Watley
- (as William Schilling)
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I saw this movie for the first time about 10 years ago when I was still a teenager. I fell absolutely in love with Craig Sheffer. Virginia Madsen looked absolutely beautiful in this movie and this is truly one of the most underrated romances of all time. The love story between Lisa( Virgina Madsen) a catholic school girl and Joe (Craig Sheffer) an honor camp prisoner was beautifully created and even dance scene had some funny parts to it. I thought the ending was awesome. The soundtrack to the film was also good except one was never officially made.A definite must see for anyone who loves a good romance. I give this 8/10 stars.
This was a great movie made better by a brilliant performance from Virginia Madsen. She was the star of the movie beyond doubt. Virginia plays a girl in a Catholic school who falls in love with a boy from a prison camp. She organizes a dance at her school just to meet him, and when she does, sparks fly all around. It's a shame that there was'nt a soundtrack that was released with this film because it has some catchy numbers. Fire With Fire is easily one of Virginia Madsen's best films. Not only does she look more beautiful than ever but she also displays her tremendous acting ability.
When I saw this movie for the first time I was going through a hard time. I was a lonely teenager and I felt that love would never come to me. This movie made me dream and believe that unexpectedly love would appear in my life. Joe is the perfect man; he is beautiful, romantic and so in love with life.... Lisa is also beautiful and I think all teenagers would like to be like her. They live a story who talks about freedom. A love without frontiers that always win... it's a simple movie, but the beauty lives in simple things. I'm sorry that the sound track is not available. If anybody loves this movie like me, contact me...
I really loved this movie when I saw it back in 2000. A friend and I had rented it and watched it over and over. If you love romance movies, then you should watch it especially for the scene at the school dance. The music playing, the whole setup. That was probably one of the best scenes in a romance movie to date. Sure, the acting wasn't Oscar worthy, but they did their part in making you believe they would have done anything for each other. I am a big fan of Virginia Madsen and she really did steel the scenes she was in, but Craig Sheffer is wonderful to look at and plays a great "bad boy". To all those hopeless romantics out there, its a fun one for a rainy Saturday afternoon.
I am in my 30's now and i saw this movie when it was released. it has stayed with me all these years. for any romantic young teen it is a must! i have not revisited it in years but specific images are still very clear in my memory. i will rent it soon!
Did you know
- TriviaThe film is based on a 1978 incident in Pasadena, California where a local girls convent school held a dance for the boys from a nearby honor camp.
- Quotes
Joe Fisk: So... what... studying to be a nun?
Lisa Taylor: No. Are you studying to be a crook?
- ConnectionsFeatures The Opera Caper (1967)
- SoundtracksFire with Fire
Written and Produced by Chas Sandford
Performed by Wild Blue
Courtesy of Chrysalis Records, Inc.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Fuego con fuego
- Filming locations
- Hope, British Columbia, Canada(finale)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,636,169
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,770,043
- May 11, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $4,636,169
- Runtime
- 1h 43m(103 min)
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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