Monday, October 20, 2014

Firefox (1982)

Espionage, Intrigue, And Action


Espionage, Intrigue, And Action is how I would sum-up this Clint Eastwood, underrated, film classic. The aircraft in the movie, Soviet fighter aircraft (MiG-31, NATO code name "Firefox"), reminds me of the Stealth Bomber in a round about way. The movie's aircraft is invisible to radar - the real life Stealth Bomber is very low to invisible on radar.

This "Firefox" aircraft has weapons on it that are controlled by thoughts of the pilot. This part of the film is also partly based on reality because there is brain to computer technology in real life. See: brain–computer interface (BCI), mind-machine interface (MMI), direct neural interface (DNI), synthetic telepathy interface (STI) or a brain–machine interface (BMI).

I found the movie to be believable and just simply a good story. It is refreshing to see Clint Eastwood in a very different role, it's nice to see him play something different instead of the lead in a Western or a cop role.

9/10



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