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The Last Chance Detectives: Escape from Fire Lake

  • TV Movie
  • 1996
  • 55m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
98
YOUR RATING
Ryan Calhoun in The Last Chance Detectives: Escape from Fire Lake (1996)
AdventureMystery

The Last Chance Detectives search for a missing friend. The trail finally leads them to the wilderness of Fire Lake.The Last Chance Detectives search for a missing friend. The trail finally leads them to the wilderness of Fire Lake.The Last Chance Detectives search for a missing friend. The trail finally leads them to the wilderness of Fire Lake.

  • Director
    • Stephen Stiles
  • Writers
    • Stephen Stiles
    • Peter Lynch Tobin
    • Robert Vernon
  • Stars
    • Anthony De Longis
    • J. Marvin Campbell
    • Ryan Calhoun
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    98
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Stephen Stiles
    • Writers
      • Stephen Stiles
      • Peter Lynch Tobin
      • Robert Vernon
    • Stars
      • Anthony De Longis
      • J. Marvin Campbell
      • Ryan Calhoun
    • 3User reviews
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    Anthony De Longis
    Anthony De Longis
    • Josh Pendleton
    J. Marvin Campbell
    J. Marvin Campbell
    • Seth Parker
    Ryan Calhoun
    • Mike Fowler
    David Netter
    • Spence Martin
    Crystle Lightning
    Crystle Lightning
    • Wynona 'Winnie' Whitefeather
    Davin Jacob Carey
    • Ben Jones
    • (as Davin Carey)
    Sherry Hursey
    Sherry Hursey
    • Gail Fowler
    Peggy Stewart
    Peggy Stewart
    • Kate Fowler
    • (as Peg Stewart)
    James T. Callahan
    James T. Callahan
    • Roy 'Pop' Fowler
    • (as James Callahan)
    Steve Kanaly
    Steve Kanaly
    • Sheriff Arnold 'Smitty' Smith
    Gregory Grudt
    • Young Mike Fowler
    Casey Biggs
    Casey Biggs
    • John Fowler
    Jake the Dog
    • Jake
    Carmen Filpi
    Carmen Filpi
    • Harley Fisher
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Stephen Stiles
    • Writers
      • Stephen Stiles
      • Peter Lynch Tobin
      • Robert Vernon
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    Rich-307

    Challenges to a teen's faith in God

    This film revolves around faith in God to solve problems. It all starts as a group of teen detectives is walking down the street and stumbles across a bank robbery. Later, Mike, the detectives' leader is walking down the street and sees the robbers' truck and climbs in back to investigate. While in the truck, the robbers return and drive off. After several hours, Mike starts to write rescue notes on the stolen money. One of the robbers sees some of the money coming out of the back of the truck and goes to investigate. Upon opening the back of the truck, he finds Mike and immediately takes him hostage. Meanwhile, back in town the rest of the detectives and Mike's family is worried about Mike, not knowing of his kidnapping. Back in the truck, Mike is shown kneeling on the floor and his hands are being tied behind his back. While being tied up, Mike explains that he is a teen detective. Needless to say, the robber makes fun of him and tells of his plans for the young man. Later, the truck stops and Mike is taken out and untied. The robbers leave him by the side of the road and drive off. Mike is now alone in the desert and must find a way to survive. The movie is an exciting way to show how faith in God can help a person without being preachy. It is entertaining and highly recommended.
    8skypirate0

    Four teenagers team up to solve a mystery, and one gets thrown into the desert.

    Amazing! The Last Chance Detective movies are awesome! I have lots of fond memories when by Brother, his friend, and I would go next door to the Sunday School house after church and watch a Last Chance Dectective movie on an old TV probably from the early 70's. These movies are great for kids. Cool plots, typical "good guys against bad guys themes," and they even throw in some good old Biblical moral values. Definitely a must-see for pretty much any kid from age six to eleven, or beyond. I'm sixteen now and I still love watching The Last Chance Detectives. Escape from Fire Lake is the best of the three movies in the series, probably because the kids are older and the plot seems a little more plausible than the previous two films.
    8afterdrk-1

    Old Fashioned adventure with Kids who are smarter than the adults!

    This is a good family adventure with a message that never gets preachy. The adventure is just suspenseful enough for kids, without getting too frightening. Your kids will be yelling at the screen to tell the kid in peril (Mike) what he should do. You might just catch yourself doing the same time. Film has the obvious "made for commercial break" pauses, but it wasn't too annoying. The bad guy has a very stereotypically evil laugh which my husband and I found a bit cheesy, but the kids we watched it with thought it was just the right laugh for a bad guy to have.

    The kids picked up on how the sidekick may not have been a bad guy, but he was making bad choices by following along the evil guy because it was easier than standing up for himself. I figure the value of the conversation that we had on that point was worth the price of the DVD all on it's own! Our family really enjoyed it and my daughter is already begging me to find the other two films!

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    • Release date
      • June 22, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Focus on the Family Films
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      55 minutes
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