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The Rocketeer
Following the exciting events of Cliff Secord, a young courageous and intelligent ambitious pilot, who by the second world War, finds a set of bombs, Jetpack, that manages him to fly without plane, but he was followed by a group of gangsters and FBI agents who search for the Jetpack, so when he uses them to save his friend, he becomes so famous, but chased.
5 February 1940, Oakley, Ohio, USA
1937, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
20 April 1959, Burbank, California, USA
29 January 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA
31 March 1958
June 24, 2016
In the quarter-century since its release, as the superhero blockbuster has become a cornerstone of mainstream moviemaking, it's become clear that 'The Rocketeer' is a model of the form - breathless, energetic, and endlessly entertaining.
July 06, 2010
A piece of blandly enthusiastic, B-movie pulp.
December 29, 2011
A charmer in its gee-whiz, irony-light resuscitation of the movie serials of the '30s. [Blu-ray]
April 18, 2007
The whole thing is good-natured enough, but increasingly mechanical.
December 27, 2011
While The Rocketeer never crashes, it's a bumpy ride of cartoonish characters, a flimsy plot and an overall sense of letdown.
January 29, 2012
A charming adventure tale, in the spirit of 1930's serials, The Rocketeer is a fun ride.
December 20, 2011
It's not as dark or as edgy as Tim Burton's Batman films, but it's still cleaner and more digestible. It's not a deep story, but it's full of fun nostalgia and action.
June 24, 2006
Neat idea, peachy visuals, but there ain't much else to grip the imagination.
December 29, 2011
One of Disney's most underrated films, and I can't for the life of me figure out why, unless it's the absence of a big-name star.
April 18, 2007
This $40 million adventure fantasy puts a shiny polish on familiar elements: airborne hero, damsel in distress, Nazi villains, 1930s Hollywood glamor, and dazzling special effects.
