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Firestorm
Fight fire with fire.
1998 · 1h 29m · R
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by
Dean Semler
Overview
Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to recover $37,000,000 in stashed loot.
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