Surprisingly enough, the worst thing about Firestorm was not Howie Long. But let's just go ahead and say it -- Howie you cannot act. Don't feel bad, very few ex-athletes can act just look at Brian Bosworth, George Forman, your pal Terry Bradshaw, and all of the numerous athlete appearances on Saturday Night Live. Acting is tough. Evidently so is script writing and plot development, because those involved with Firestorm had difficulties with each. The whole movie I was dumbfounded that I had no idea why any of the charaters that were on my TV screen were there. I wasn't ever sure what William Forsythe, who has been brilliant in his other films, was trying to do. Did he just want to escape from prison and if so why were the other 5 guys necessary. Why was Suzy Amis there besides to serve as a potential rape victim? This movie tried to be so many things -- Police Academy meets Lock Up meets Navy Seals meets Volcano. From those titles you can draw your own conclusion.
