Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire

1986 · 103 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.2 (62 votes)
Dir. Duncan Gibbins · Starring Craig Sheffer, Virginia Madsen, Jon Polito, J.J. Cohen, Kate Reid, Jean Smart · Music Howard Shore

“Two lovers. One chance. No time.”

DramaRomance

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

VIBE

This film feels like a passionate, yet doomed, teenage romance. It's a sweeping, dramatic tale of forbidden love against all odds, set against a backdrop of youthful rebellion and a yearning for freedom.

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