8/18/2023 0 Comments Playing with fire trailerBrynn is a sarcastic pain in the ass, and though the (extremely obvious) reason for their attitudes is revealed about two-thirds of the way through, it does mean it’s hard to feel emotionally engaged with them or their shenanigans.īrynn and Will in particular are more irritating than funny, in a film where every joke already has to be worked for. Once they’re ensconced at the depot awaiting the arrival of their missing parents, the children – toddler Zoey (Finley Rose Slater), tween Will (Christian Convery) and teenager Bryn (Brianna Hildebrand) – are ungrateful and annoying. ![]() Their first post-defection airborne rescue, of the three kids in their burning cabin, is caught on film and Commander Richards decides he wants Jake on his shortlist for his successor. Jake Carson (John Cena) and Will (Christian Convery) Rodrigo constantly misquotes famous people (“teach a man to set a fire and he’s warm for a day, set a man on fire and he’s warm for life”, as Ben Franklin allegedly said, though I think he’ll find it was Terry Pratchett) and will also only cook with a certain type of luncheon meat, though sadly, Brits, you will wait in vain for a Fireman Spam joke. Jake may be a stickler for rules and order, but his depot is considered far from the top flight.Įarly on most of his men defect to the more exciting and better known Santa Barbara branch, leaving Jake with only his B team: ex-accountant Mark (Keegan-Michael Key) the mostly silent Axe (ex-wrestler Tyler Mane), a man mountain who always carries a giant axe and terrified reserve chopper pilot Rodrigo (John Leguizamo). (Whatever you think of the film, you will come away with it ingrained on your mind that while there are a million firefighters in the US there are only 336 smokejumpers.) ![]() Jake’s father, too, is lauded by the retiring area commander Richards (Dennis Haysbert) for going the same way, “burnt to a crisp” apparently being the ultimate honour for a smokejumper. Smooth and solid, Jake looks like a cross between Max Headroom and a Ken doll, his face impassive apart from regularly-appearing deep forehead wrinkles as he is faced with more bad behaviour from the rescued children.Īnd there is a cartoonish quality to this whole movie unsurprising considering the children are dragged, wisecracking, out of their home as fire rages around them, and they would have soon been burnt to a crisp. ![]() Rodrigo (John Leguizamo), Jake (John Cena), Mark (Keegan-Michael Key) and Axe (Tyler Mane)
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