Fire Down Below
1997 · Movie · R · 104 min · ★ 5.8 · 27% critics
After an environmental investigator is killed in a tight-knit Appalachian town, an undercover agent arrives posing as a relief worker to find out what happened. As he digs into local secrets and growing intimidation, he uncovers a dangerous scheme tied to the surrounding mines and must decide how far to go to stop it.
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-09-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 27/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (397 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a rural-set action thriller with an environmental angle, bursts of fights and gunplay, and a slightly goofy streak; Not for you if you need nonstop action or subtle storytelling like Hard to Kill.
Pros: entertaining beat-em-up moments; strong supporting cast; eco-thriller hook | Cons: slow pace at times; heavy-handed message; cheesy, cliché villains
Themes
- small town
- martial arts
- sheriff
- undercover
- revenge
- toxic
- organized crime
- church
- environmental
- action hero
- social decay
Cast & crew
Steven Seagal
as Jack Taggart
Marg Helgenberger
as Sarah Kellogg
Stephen Lang
as Earl Kellogg
Brad Hunt
as Orin Hanner Jr
Kris Kristofferson
as Orin Hanner Sr.
Levon Helm
as Reverend Bob Goodall
Harry Dean Stanton
as Cotton Harry
Mark Collie
as Hatch
Richard Masur
as Phil Pratt
- AH
Alex Harvey
as Sims
Directed by Félix Alcalá