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Dead Fire (1997)

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The Fly (1986) Dead Fire (1997)

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Boxing/Cycling

It'd be inaccurate to call the moodily atmospheric Dead Fire "Die Hard in a Space Station," but only because it divides Bruce Willis by two: Resourceful rogue soldier Cal Brody (Colin Cunningham) gets to hang onto the bottom of fast-descending elevators and lure a bad guy into an airlock, while awakened cryogenic sleeper Amos Tucker (C. Thomas Howell) gets to do the bleary-eyed outraged everyman with the "you're kidding right?" expression. ln AD 2064, Matt Frewer's wildly entertaining Evil Genius wants to sacrifice Earth's orbiting population in a plan to restart the dead planet and make himself the new Adam. Yet in between hi-tech gun battles, we also get close-up soap-opera moments, complete with that meaningful, tinkly piano music and a real soap star (Monika Schnarre from The Bold and the Beautiful, playing a scientisusupermodel). And while the title may be just one of those generic pick-one-fromcolu mn-A-one-from-colu mn-B things ("Dead Space" "Space Fire" "Earth Fire" or "Dead Earth" would have all worked just as well), Dead Fire is a surprisingly Lovece watchable little sleazy B-movie.

-Frank

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