''Firehawk'' is a 1993 American-Philippine film directed by Cirio H. Santiago and starring

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. Kove later called the film "a shoot ’em up, and it didn’t go anywhere." But he said later on

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told him it was the director's favourite film of Kove's. "Because he worked in video stores and knew all these wonderful movies that had gotten forgotten," said Kove. I was very touched."

Premise

During the Vietnam War, a small team of soldiers attempt to retrieve the firehawk device.

Cast

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*T.C. Carson *Vic Trevino

Production

The film was shot in the Philippines.

Reception

According to ''TV Guide'', "The three central performances, by Salinger, Carson, and top-billed Kove, are strong, if unexceptional. The direction... is strictly routine, and the action scenes, in which the Americans (who are never short of ammunition) mow down hordes of enemy soldiers, repetitive."Review of film
at TV Guide Reviewer R.D Francis of ''B&S About Movies'' wrote, "you know how it all goes: Lots of huts obliterated. Lots of explosions. Lots of stock footage recycling. Lots of bodies fall to the ground in hails of bullets. But you also get pretty solid acting from everyone — Kove's really good — and all of the expected, solid action we expect from Cirio’s Corman-backed war coffers."Review of film
at B&S About Movies

References

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''Firehawk''
at Letterbox DVD 1993 films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films American action films Philippine action films Vietnam War films Films produced by Roger Corman {{1990s-US-film-stub