Flight of the Intruder

1991

Action / Drama / Thriller / War

24
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 25% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 51% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 8140 8.1K

vietnam war bomber u.s. navy aviation combat bombing

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Plot summary

U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli, to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed.

Director

John Milius Photo
John Milius

Top cast

Brad Johnson Photo
Brad Johnson as Lt. Jake' Cool Hand' Grafton
Willem Dafoe Photo
Willem Dafoe as Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole
Ving Rhames Photo
Ving Rhames as McRae
David Schwimmer Photo
David Schwimmer as Duty Officer
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
979.71 MB
1280*538
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 1
1.84 GB
1904*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by chad-mchugh 7 / 10

As a former A-6 B/N

I found the movie interesting. It is probably loosely based on the exploits of Lyle Bull and Charles Hunter who on 30 October 1967 flew a solo flight over Hanoi and received the Navy Cross. Here is part of the citation for Bull: Lieutenant Bull assisted in the planning and execution of an extremely dangerous, single-plane, night, radar bombing attack on the strategically located and heavily defended Hanoi railroad ferry slip in North Vietnam. Although the entire Hanoi defensive effort was concentrated upon his lone bomber, he flawlessly assisted his pilot in navigating the aircraft to the target area and commencing an attack. Seconds before bomb release, six enemy surface-to-air missiles were observed to be tracking on his plane. Undaunted by this threat to his personal safety, Lieutenant Bull assisted his pilot in taking swift and effective action to avoid the missiles and complete the attack, releasing all weapons in the target area with extreme accuracy. After release, four more missiles were fired at his aircraft in addition to the intense anti-aircraft-artillery fire.
Reviewed by jrnorman 7 / 10

Not as bad as others seem to think

Watch this movie for the flying scenes! It has some the very best shots of an Intruder still or in flight. This aircraft is now out of service with the Navy except as a fueler but I can testify that this aircraft is down right dominating and scary to anyone on the ground when they make a low level pass and this movie captured it all!

That said, I read the book too and yes it is a lot different from the book but then most movies are. The question is does it conform to the spirit of the movie and Flight of the Intruder is close. It does take some short cuts which are even more obvious to a Navy vet but over all, this is one of my favorite Vietnam War movies and about the only one that gives a decent treatment to the carrier pilots.

The romantic part is not much and probably left in to keep it from not having any attractive females but it sure is not needed for dramatic effect.

The political and legal junk is really over blown and trite but if sufficient detail were included the movie would have been 3 hours long.

It is a good "Tiger flick" (war movie) for a rainy day and it has an honored place in my DVD collection!

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