Director Roger Spottiswode, after a couple of earlier actioners, has great potential.
Under Fire
The first casualty of war is the truth.
1983 · 2h 8m · R
Drama, War
Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode
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Under Fire
Overview
Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
Director and cast
- Roger Spottiswoode Director
- Nick Nolte as Russell Price
- Gene Hackman as Alex Grazier
- Joanna Cassidy as Claire
- Ed Harris as Oates
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as Marcel Jazy
- Richard Masur as Hub Kittle
- Alma Martinez as Isela
- René Enríquez as President Anastasio Somoza
- Hamilton Camp as Regis Seydor
- Jenny Gago as Miss Panama
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A thrilling film, with a head, a heart, and muscle.
This is the kind of movie that almost always feels phony, but "Under Fire" feels real.
Means well but it is fatally confused.
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