Don't expect too much for a direct-to-video (or cable) movie.
It is automatically going to have a minimal budget...so you can't expect to get A-list (or current B-list) actors.
The main character (Sean McCaffrey) is a member of the Chicago Fire Department's OFI (Office of Fire Investigation)...in other words an arson investigator. He is the son of Stephen McCaffey (Kurt Russel) who died at the end of the first Backdraft. His father's death torments him, and he blames his uncle (Brain), the head of the Chicago F.D.'s OFI, for his father's death. Sean doesn't know the real cause of his death, until circumstances force Brain to tell him the real story.
Anyway, Sean and his new partner investigate a fire / backdraft that accidentally kills 5 boys on Halloween.
The investigation leads to an arms-for pay deal gone wrong, involving a real-life air-to-air missile (the AIM-120 AMRAAM).
Perhaps the best part of this movie is Donald Sutherland, reprising his first Backdraft role of incarcerated Ronald Bartel, Chicago's most infamous and expert arsonist.
If you set your expectations too high, and are looking for a near-copycat of the original film, don't bother watching this. If you are like myself, and go in to it with an open mind, you may actually enjoy this at least somewhat.
It is automatically going to have a minimal budget...so you can't expect to get A-list (or current B-list) actors.
The main character (Sean McCaffrey) is a member of the Chicago Fire Department's OFI (Office of Fire Investigation)...in other words an arson investigator. He is the son of Stephen McCaffey (Kurt Russel) who died at the end of the first Backdraft. His father's death torments him, and he blames his uncle (Brain), the head of the Chicago F.D.'s OFI, for his father's death. Sean doesn't know the real cause of his death, until circumstances force Brain to tell him the real story.
Anyway, Sean and his new partner investigate a fire / backdraft that accidentally kills 5 boys on Halloween.
The investigation leads to an arms-for pay deal gone wrong, involving a real-life air-to-air missile (the AIM-120 AMRAAM).
Perhaps the best part of this movie is Donald Sutherland, reprising his first Backdraft role of incarcerated Ronald Bartel, Chicago's most infamous and expert arsonist.
If you set your expectations too high, and are looking for a near-copycat of the original film, don't bother watching this. If you are like myself, and go in to it with an open mind, you may actually enjoy this at least somewhat.