Backdraft (2/11) Movie CLIP - Stephen the Hero (1991) HD

[@skilldren]

If you don't get chills when Kurt Russell comes out with the kid then you don't have a pulse.

[@elizabethrosebell3773]

Exactly That one of the Reasons I like this movie so much when Kurt Russell character comes out with the little boy it's like Wow

[@dabearcub]

The music makes me hungry.

[@pab1381]

@@dabearcub god you’re weird lol. Although I really do want to know what it made you hungry for. Like having this blast while you eat waffles.

[@dabearcub]

@@pab1381 Haha it’s the music they used for Iron Chef Japan.

[@jgirlinluv55]

That's the image I see when I think of this movie

[@youngdub03]

Realistic or not, this scene is pure badass

[@donaldbrosmania-battlefron2179]

today a firemen came to my class and he was in the movie

[@ckymadam]

not realistic at all, but it's just like Top Gun, good thing doesn't need to be true.

[@wrestlingfan]

@@donaldbrosmania-battlefron2179 really who it was?

[@alje311]

@D Gh it was in 1991, I don't think nomex hoods were a big thing yet

[@blackjac5000]

@@alje311 I have some firefighter-themed mystery novels written by a career Seattle Fire lieutenant (who retired a captain) from the mid-'90s and one of them brought up how there was still a generation back then that viewed putting on an air mask to be wussy. I'd say that Boden, Mouch and Hermann on Chicago Fire would've been probies like Brian back in that time.

[@PackCorey]

One of the best Action movies of all time. The fires in this film seemed something of the supernatural. As if it were an actual being.

[@Arathor82]

I agree, very dramatized the bits about the firefighter taking on the fire, but the scenes about family tradition , love for the job and loss of brothers is very, very true.

[@litrpgre-roll7929]

Completely unrealistic, but one of the greatest movies of all time

[@jordanjames2611]

Totally realistic....since when does any member of an attack team in a structure fire need an SCBA and air? 🤣🤣🤣

[@jakelikesacoustic8146]

​@@jordanjames2611 "Hold your breath" 😂

[@Brinah]

I loved when Stephen rescued the little boy!

[@loganironside4639]

thats the part that gives me goosebumps.just pride i guess

[@MAnuscript421]

Seeing Stephen coming out after rescuing that kid is one of the most inspirational things I've ever seen in a movie.

[@lorddrayvon1426]

This is how to do a fakeout death right. Most other movies would make it feel cheap but the selfless nature makes you wish he survives.

[@leadpilled5567]

Backdraft has so so many things wrong with it but damn is it a fun ride. You know you did something right when a firefighter can pick apart every aspect and we still even love it

[@MAnuscript421]

"Look, Brian.... It's not about being a hero. I went in because there was a kid up there."

[@Thesurvivalistt]

“It’s my way, and it was dads way..maybe it’s not everybody’s way”

[@the_lifted_stache3640]

And that's what being a firefighter is all about helping people 🚒 🔥

[@andrewyaden5209]

@Documentary Detective II you never saw old school firefighting lol

[@josephpham9078]

I think what made this movie intense is how they made the fire seem like an actual monster eating it’s way through everything in its path.

[@Birdieupon]

That’s what made it lame.

[@josephpham9078]

@ For you probably.

[@rodgermurphy5721]

When movies were AWESOME!!!

[@HaythamAlsayed]

That's the cleanest kid I've ever seen come out of a fire lol

[@TheXpompier]

It's a movie. Every cop movie has car chases and extended shootouts, both of which are rare in real life. When I was hired in 1977, wearing SCBAs at fires was optional, highly recommended but still optional.

[@fernyflores7374]

Simon Cataldo yes, that sounds just about right

[@Tank50us]

Thankfully modern compressors can fill a bottle in mere minutes, and are much quieter. On top of that, the new computerized models can fill multiple packs, and will automatically shut off once they're full. So, you could theoretically swap out the bottles, set the new ones to charge in the compressor, and go to bed, never having to worry about it. I say theoretically, because no station chief will let that happen, and *someone* will be up an extra few minutes to make sure the bottles are full.

[@forestdenizen6497]

@@Tank50us that's not because of "modern" or "computer" anything tbh. Pressure sensors and solenoid actuated valves, and high output, high pressure compressors have existed since before ww2. Safety has just been prioritised / budget increased.

[@lorddrayvon1426]

It helps that the exact year that this is meant to take place is left ambiguous. I'd assume it was the early 90s\late 80s since the film was released in 1991 and the best is consistent with the standard issue year between 1988 and 1997.

[@MAnuscript421]

When did firefighters start using SCBAs?

[@bandittwothree3765]

shout out to Nick Bostic, the Indiana pizza delivery guy who actually did this on a bigger, hotter fire. But with 5 kids, not 1. Hero.

[@RodsAndAxes]

Anyone else remember the Backdraft ride at Universal Studios Hollywood in the 90s? It was hot.

[@blackmaxima]

YES

[@sullywinn4225]

This will always be one of my favorites. I always loved how Stephen and Ronald both considered the fire a sentient creature, just from opposite sides of the coin.

[@joannehines7806]

I have the greatest respect for firefighters, police officers & soldiers!! Not everybody was born with this type of bravery!! 💘 🎖 😍

[@moisesvaladez8162]

I got the 4K version of this movie, better than some movies right now in 2019!!

[@jodyjody9968]

Some people seem to forget that this film was made in 1991 classic film for its time

[@lorddrayvon1426]

The only thing that reveals its age is probably the cinematography. It's not bad but it is very early 90s in that the framing and pacing is very similar to something like The Towering Inferno where the film is a classic whilst also looking outdated. Not as bad as Towering Inferno, which looks very cheap and shoddy at points which is especially evident in the apartment scenes at the beginning of the movie, but it just looks old when compared to the more modern shooting teqniques. Not neccisarily a problem but more of personal tasete. I love the action setpieces even if it looks a little old. However, that is a nitpick and the film does otherwise hold up.

[@jacoblyons5287]

Thank god we have brave men risking to lay their lifeon the line

[@johnpederson797]

1:26-1:33 badass Axe!

[@EaglePersonified]

1:53-2:01 is pure brilliance from Hans Zimmer

[@MAnuscript421]

Shame it wasn’t in the original soundtrack album. We had to wait for the Expanded Score to be released to hear it.

[@SPN16]

Axe's face when he fires the firehose with the music is just bone chillingly badass!! Like an A-10 Gun Run at the last second when needed 💪👌❤️🇨🇦

[@TalonJoyntFireAndRescue]

On this movie people either hate or love it I love it

[@jeremiahpadilla2822]

One of the best if not greatest firefighter movies ever I was 13 when I first saw this movie

[@TheXpompier]

That scene wouldn't have been a third as cool if Bull would have been all buttoned up and wearing his SCBA. It's a movie not a documentary.

[@msidc1238]

I remember watching this all the time when I was little.

[@brei2027]

Same. Especially with my dad

[@loganironside4639]

you never ever just run into a burning building or grab a supper heated door knob and run into the room in reality you would be dead in seconds.this scene gives me goosebumps.in a good way though

[@Birdieupon]

The “physics” of fire in this movie is a joke. It literally runs away into a room and closes the door behind itself! 🤣

[@gilesa.4052]

Of all the great scenes in this classic, it's the scenes with Donald Sutherland that are the best...

[@SuperHyperCookie]

why doesnt this movie have more comments! I'm 12 and watched this movie when I was younger and It made me cry!

[@gabethedinosaur95]

Backdraft has a mind of its own. When the fire knows the firefighters are coming it hides and waits for a fresh breath of air. But when the fire saw Brian it knew he was afraid. But after coming face to face at the warehouse the fire knew it would lose the battle . Fire isn’t evil. It’s a misunderstood creature.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

Fire isn't a living thing

[@WeedsComedy]

Thank God Bless Firefighters 😊😮

[@griffoliver6997]

If you went into this with no SCBA you’d probably pass out within a few breaths

[@as-hamadheisc2081]

Lolololol the raptor dinosaur effect the fire makes

[@portalgangadventures]

I remember a firefighter came to my school once and tore this scene apart with the lack of realism lol.

[@bartsanders1553]

Stephen McCaffrey is Beowulf Fire is Grendel

[@mr.j822]

Oh cause theres the guy who name is grindle also lmaoo

[@bartsanders1553]

@@mr.j822 heh?

[@jdfox8889]

We ain't going to be in no fire not today

[@JoCO6510]

Wow didnt know we can stand up in fires

[@moblack5883]

as an ex industrial firefighter yeah right

[@KingGOJ12034]

What's so bad about this movie?

[@Raven3913]

Its unrealistic as all hell, being a firefighter this disgusts me😂

[@forestdenizen6497]

I had to complete an advanced firefighting course about a year after the movie came out (due to working somewhere so remote that YOU are the 'fire bigade' 😂 .) The firemen who instructed us were very clear about why they hated the movie. According to our fire brigade course leader, since the movie they encountered many cases of the public pulling the pin out of their extinguisher and throwing it "like a hand grenade" thinking that it would explode and put the fire out 😂. Apparently, and I seem to remember it is the final scene, this is how the extinguisher is used in the movie. _(just FYI to anyone who doesn't know, extinguishers don't work like grenades. If you try to use them like one you will still have a fire, but no extinguisher 😂.)_ Yep, these guys hated the movie for that reason. _'one stupid movie from Hollywood has undone years of public education'_

[@stephenfisher5129]

Not very bad, It's awesome! :)

[@blackjac5000]

It's not bad, it's spectacular. I even have an Engine 17 T-shirt which I wore to Universal Hollywood to do the Backdraft attraction without realizing that it had long since been dismantled.

[@boppityboopy114]

@@Raven3913did you hate Jurassic park cause it was unrealistic too? It’s a movie get over it

[@Klug2424]

The bugs inside my 8 year old Switch while it's running Metroid Prime 4

[@HighPlainsDrifter53]

I This scene was a tribute to fire fightersm and it was perfect

[@mpendergrass973]

Nice. I remember watching this as a kid and thinking that the fire ran in to the room and shut the door. Crazy...

[@shivamkeshri5121]

bgmo

[@lorddrayvon1426]

Somehow, I don't think that's how a flashover works. They withdraw air into the room yes but that door was clearly an inward opening door. How did a door blow shut from wind coming from the direction it would have to go to close?

[@patrickkanas3874]

Hey Kurt, you know leaving the jacket unzipped defeats the purpose of having one in the first place, right?

[@rexair_dude1915]

Me: no scba well they gonna get lung cancer Them: I am invincible!!

[@pushvedula5640]

Chicago Fire of the 90s? Wonder where Boden and Benny Sev are at loll

[@mace441]

Nice SCBA!!! Haha i just noticed that on this movie

[@aninjawaffle98]

Hey it was the early 90s the beginning of the end for the smokeeaters

[@jaredbrown3249]

That's my hero

[@jamesl.anderson1384]

Kirsty Cotton Hey, don't take that kind of crap from it! Don't let it know you're scared! James L. Anderson (A.K.A.) Axel Foley - Kirsty, we gotta wait for a hose team. Kirsty Cotton - No time. Come on! [Creaking] Kirsty Cotton - You ready? Tiffany - We gotta wait for a hose team. Kirsty Cotton Jump when I say. It won't get us. Now! Hold your breath! [Crying] James L. Anderson (A.K.A.) Axel Foley Kirsty!

[@BumberenzoTheFireTruck]

0:23 I thought that was the child’s cry. But it was the fire?

[@hunterrobinson3615]

Where’s there SCBA mask and bottle at?

[@supermariofan03]

1:12 What he yelled at him as he is about to sign up for Bio Dome…but alas it was too late.

[@amydamjanovic9183]

A lot of people seem to leave their kids behind in fires in this movie.

[@MrArmystrong85]

No!!! Not a straight stream!!! That will only push all the heat towards you! And even a firefighting PPE wont save you from flashover conditions

[@lakaylalucas7964]

A fireman saves a little boy for a fire. because what if they did not new he was. in there. I was happy when they find any kids or baby's and. mom and dad. In there

[@lgmmrm]

MrArmystrong85 nevermind the fact they aren't wearing a pack.

[@ffpearson25]

where did you get that from about the stream? and this is during the 80s and 90s and that's all what they had some of yall new firefighters don't know about.

[@Razolape]

1:54 the child had already burned

[@nakumastone715]

1:55 how i walk i to meetings.

[@MrOndrejB]

Great PPE!

[@nocturnalrectum]

1:53 I found Waldo!

[@maxyaedo1267]

I can hardly believe that Animaze did voice direction for the video game adaption of this movie, which is surprising because Animaze mainly dubs anime and video games.

[@Boygonebad]

"iT's NoT ReAliStiC" who cares. It's a movie (and a damn good one) and not a documentary.

[@rebeccamiller4872]

why the heck are they not in full gear!!?????

[@alijahromero7772]

Stephen 1:12

[@goldberg9260]

Impossible

[@Bugy34]

Hi guys, im not into the job at all...and read here, that it's unrealistic, can you tell me what is unrealistic ? thanks a lot!

[@coletaylor4516]

Crush Admin for one thing him running in a room that hot with his bunker coat not closed his shirt would have almost instantaneously ignited and burned him severely. Another thing is the absence of SCBA (the mask and air tank firefighters use to breath while in a hazardous environment) he would have breathed in superheated gasses when he entered the room and been dead almost instantly. The way the flames are at the ceiling is called a rollover which occurres at close to 1000 degrees at the ceiling which means that room at floor level is well above any imaginable survivable temperature without properly worn SCBA and full bunker gear. When firefighters enter a room in the real world we are literally crawling to in an attempt to stay below the thermal layer and stay in somewhat cooler temperatures at the floor level due to the fact that heat rises. Now don't get me wrong great movie the love and bond between the fireman is pretty spot on and the love for the job but tactics and survival, totally unreal. But hey that's Hollywood.

[@concordetconstabulary219]

Lotta firefighters in the comments talking about how unrealistic this is. Okay guys......how would you film this scene? Seriously. You tell us how to film an emotional scene where two brothers try to save people from a burning building, one nearly dies but doesn’t and saved a child in a no win scenario, while illustrating that the younger brother looks up to his brother and in this scene sees him almost like a super hero. Okay you follow me? Now do all that while wearing the correct gear where you can’t even see their faces. Go on. I’ll wait.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

lil boy is cute

[@Guitarmike91]

One of my fire academy instructors made us watch this and point out all the inaccuracies. Good movie, but it is funny!

[@russianbear54]

This movie is too stupid to watch and at the same time breathtaking.

[@presercondalcahue6253]

la mejor pelicula de bomberos que he visto.

[@coltI9II]

Why does Stephen take his helmet off when he runs into the room?

[@unhommequicourt]

it falls off. At that time their helmet fell a lot. They only used helmet in order to avoid falling objects on their heads, it did nt protect the head against the fire. I assume they have better helmets noawadays !

[@lorddrayvon1426]

@@unhommequicourt they do since they have straps. I don't get that thing about strapless helmets. Yes, they're useless against fire. They are also useless against falling debris if they fall off your bonce.

[@kingtigercrownestate9102]

WHY do they make fires like this in Hollywood that produce hardly any realistic smoke and that the firefighters can go into with no masks AS IF that is what firefighters would do in real life and die of smoke inhalation! The fires are patient and forgiving and don't hurt the firemen very much! WTH!🤦🏿 This was the most patient forgiving harmeless smokeless fire I have EVER seen! Cinema Sin!

[@mistrants2745]

I cant stop laughing this is so insanely over the top cheesy :')

[@connorhall5665]

Why does Stephen have his outfit open at the chest! In a fire! What is wrong with him! XD

[@lorddrayvon1426]

Long story but let's just say firefighting regulations were very laid back then to the point of not even wearing BA gear. In fact, all firefighting in the US were pretty lax and the modern standards for firefighting only came into effect because of 9\11.

[@blackjac5000]

@@lorddrayvon1426 Agreed. I have some mystery novels from the mid-'90s written by a career Seattle Fire lieutenant (who later retired a captain) and one mentioned how you were considered a wuss for wearing an air mask.

[@lorddrayvon1426]

@@blackjac5000 I don't think there's enough "oofs" in the multiverse to cover that.

[@AdmiralColdhead]

Why does it feel like the Fire has a mind of its own??? I don't like this movie...

[@kalebfelgenhauer2127]

shouldn't they be wearing masks

[@loganironside4639]

yes but its hollywood

[@ChiakiShirakawa]

興味深い字幕。 日本の昔の火消しの役目は炎症じゃなくて延焼を防ぐために火元の周辺の建物を悉くぶっ壊すこと。燃えるものがなくなって自然鎮火を期してたのかしら？ 木材家屋が多いから中途半端に火を止めようとする方がリスキーでコスパ悪かったのかも。 堅固な造りの欧米の伝統建築とは着眼が違いそう。 医療でも西洋医療と東洋医療では対照的な取組方にみえる。 炎の迫力、全体的には今でも稚拙にみえない映像技術だけど、巻き戻しているようにみえるシーンが目立つわね。 空調の制御の着眼でも、重要な事象よね。 償却じゃなくて焼却炉の製造物責任に関してバックファイヤーのリスクの説明義務が問題になった裁判例が。

[@jkarnes7529]

SSTEEEEEEEEEEEVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNN

[@MrPodford]

Bull!

[@davys.9909]

expression connue de tous : « à force de jouer avec le feu, on finit par se brûler ».

[@davys.9909]

Le film que tous les pompiers doivent avoir vu

[@anthonygeorge9932]

Crap, but good crap.

[@Megadeth9299]

Chicago fire department will never live this abomination down lol

[@redrose_lubabrasi5125]

Ima work wit Ron Howard on back draft 3 and 4 some day🙏🏽💪👌 trust me we gone bring y'all the real remaster of 17 and the station wit the crew itself we 2025 👌😅😅😅😅 wait on it but trust me ima get wit it

[@danredmond9790]

unbelievably unrealistic. one, no one can survive flashover conditions. two, the kid would have died from smoke inhalation, and both "firefighters" would have been dead. They're ppe wasn't zippered either, and their engine and truck had different numbers on them. case closed.

[@robadob55]

That wasn't a flashover that was a backdraft. The door bulging in and out "breathing" indicates that the fire has consumed all the oxygen in the room and it was going out. Once he reintroduced oxygen to the fire it shot out the door resulting in the backdraft. Other than that though you're completely right no one would have been alive in that room and both firefighters would have died from carbon monoxide poisoning, superheated air damaging their airway, and lack of oxygen the kid would have been toast too

[@will-i-am9575]

I could fight that fire naked if I wanted to...After all, it's just a green-screen

[@tiberiius]

movies aren't meant to be documentaries. they are conveying the emotion of the story. the unbuttoned ppe is a visual representation of their disregard for their personal safety to save others. not in a careless way but self-sacrificing.

[@kenzo7513]

Thank you. Somebody always got to be smart.Instead of stating the facts they could have explained and put this with it too.

[@fernyflores7374]

Dan Redmond dude, it's a movie...we all know that. Just. Enjoy the story! Come on!

[@CburgAllstar]

lol this is not realistic at all