Firewalker
Cannon Film Distributors | Release Date: November 21, 1986 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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3
Negative:
4
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The New York TimesVincent Canby
It stars Chuck Norris in what his associates describe as ''the first comedy role in his action-packed career.'' How can they tell? Certainly not from the film, which is lightweight without being lighthearted. Read full review
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Washington PostRita Kempley
A piddling non-adventure with Louis Gossett Jr. as a namby-pamby sidekick. It's Gung-Ho and Gunga Din, in yet another variation on the "Raiders" theme. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Firewalker is a free-form anthology of familiar images from the works of Steven Spielberg, subjected to a new process that we could call discolorization. All of the style and magic are gone, leaving only the booby-trapped temples, the steaming jungle and such lines as, if I remember correctly, "Witch, woman, harlot - I've been called them all!" Read full review
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TV Guide Magazine
Instead of the witty, intelligent script needed to pull off an interracial buddy story, however, the scenario for this film is an obvious lift from RAIDERS and a flat, uninteresting piece of writing, occasionally interspersed with embarrassingly sappy affirmations of friendship. Read full review
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