Ron Howard's 'Backdraft' was a big deal when it came out 30 years ago, but it's not a movie that seems to have much of a nostalgic following now. Kurt Russell and Willian Baldwin are Chicago fire fighting royalty (their dad dies saving a co-worker in the 1971 set opening sequence) and the brothers relationship is strained to the backdrop of a set of serial arsons. I was underwhelmed by the story, too cliché, but the practical effect fire sequences, especially the final one are impressive and not something your likely to ever see replicated on that scale again.**
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