Flashfire
Seen it?1994 | 88 min | Crime, Action
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for anyone who likes to solve it before the characters do and anyone drawn to the darker side of the street. It plays fair with the clues, so you can play along. Liked L.A. Confidential or Gone Baby Gone? This is a good next one.
- The mood
- Gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 28 min. Done before bedtime.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
- Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.
Police detective Jack Flinder is already in trouble with the rest of his force for imprisoning a corrupt partner, but now he has a new problem to deal with. Another officer has been murdered in a hotel room, where he was with a prostitute named Lisa, who managed to escape with her life. Flinder has to track down Lisa to find out what happened, but the answer proves the corruption in his department runs much deeper than he had initially believed.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 5K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
- Billy ZaneJack Finder
- Louis Gossett Jr.Ben Durand
- Kristin MinterLisa Cates
- Louis GIamAl Sherwin
- Caroline WilliamsAnn
- Arthur HanselRalph Flinder
- Mimi KennedyKate Cantrell
- Mark L. TaylorCurt
- Gregory MillarPaulie
- Katherine LaNasaMonica Ambrose