Storyline
Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930s Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the help of his mechanic/mentor, Peevy, he attempts to save his girl and stop the Nazis as The Rocketeer.
Directors
Cast
Rick Overton, Clint Howard, Jennifer Connelly, Margo Martindale, Joe D'Angerio, Norbert Weisser, Craig Hosking, Timothy Dalton, Alan Arkin, Michael Francis Clarke, Paul Sorvino, Pat Crawford Brown, David Pressman, Terry O'Quinn, Jon Polito, Peter Bromilow, Tiny Ron Taylor, Doug McGrath, Herman Poppe, Ed Lauter, Taylor Gilbert, Melora Hardin, Michael Milhoan, Billy Campbell, James Handy, Darryl Henriques, Robert Miranda, William Sanderson, Julian Barnes, Chance Michael Corbitt, Tommy J. Huff, Kristopher Logan, Lila Finn, Dick Warlock, Kim Sebastian, Ele Keats, Eddie Jones, Nada Despotovich, Don Pugsley, John Lavachielli, Max Grodénchik, Daniel O'Shea, Charlie Stavola, William Boyett, William Frankfather, Scanlon Gail, Merritt Yohnka, America Martin, Paul DeSouza, Sam Vincent, Lisa Pedersen, Tom Kindle, Heinrich James, Bob Leeman, Gene Daily, Thomas Lee Tully, Mike Finneran, Dave Adams, Arlee Reed, Perry Cook, Danielle Bedau, Bob Sandman, Lori Lynn Ross, Kathleen Michaels, Peter Frankland, Paul Forsyth, Steve Hinton Sr., Jim Franklin, Richard T. Brickert, Chuck Wentworth, Bill Turner
Trailer
Reviews
78
The Rocketeer is a gung-ho all-American summer flick with the guts not to try and be anything else.
75
The movie lacks the wit and self-mocking irony of the Indiana Jones movies, and instead seems like a throwback to the simple-minded, clean-cut sensibility of a less complicated time. That doesn’t mean The Rocketeer is not entertaining. But adjustments are necessary to enjoy it.
75
The Rocketeer may not be perfect, but it's an excellent example of how to adapt a comic book to the screen.
70
Newcomer Campbell exhibits the requisite grit and all-American know-how, but the lead role is written with virtually no humor or subtext. Those around him come off to better advantage, notably Dalton as the deliciously smooth, insidious Sinclair; Sorvino and Alan Arkin, with the latter as the Rocketeer’s mentor; Terry O’Quinn as Hughes; and the lovely, voluptuous Connelly.
60
The Rocketeer is low-octane Steven Spielberg — projected in the right happy direction but lacking the gritty accelerant and around-the-edges humor and humanity of other heavy popcorn-load adventures.
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