The film’s new title was deemed more descriptive and exciting, as well as allowing a marketing tie-in with a song of the same title, ‘Fire with Fire’ by the 1980s band Wild Blue. Due to the late change in title, press-kit stills are seen with the original title initials CH, followed by a hyphen and the press still number, etched onto the film negatives and carried over onto the printed stills. The film stars Virginia Madsen, Craig Sheffer, Jon Polito, Kate Reid, Kari Wuhrer, Tim Russ and D. B. Sweeney. Later, Hagan's attorney arranges for him to be released from prison in the weeks leading up to the trial. Detective Cella figures that Jeremy is behind the deaths. Celebs. Jeremy narrowly escapes. [8] Olly Richards of Empire rated it 1/5 stars and wrote, "Avoid like the plague. The film was released straight to DVD and Blu-ray Disc on November 6, 2012. Jeremy locks Talia in the bathroom and gets away, but Hagan's hitman arrives soon after and kidnaps Talia. Jeremy stakes out one of Hagan's hiding places and kills three of his men. Before the trial, Jeremy agrees to enter the witness protection program, and changes his last name to Douglas. Jeremy runs into Hagan inside the burning building and, after a struggle, Talia kills Hagan. That night, Jeremy, using his firefighting knowledge, sets ablaze the building where Hagan and his men are meeting, killing Hagan's men. "[6] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. He leaves the fire department and is moved to New Orleans. Duhamel plays a firefighter forced to confront a neo-Nazi murderer. The store owner says he buys protection from the Crips and the store is in their territory so it wouldn't be useful for Hagan's purposes. The two meet by accident when the troubled young man stumbles upon her while being chased by his peers in a training exercise, and sees the lovely girl floating in a small lake as she works on a photography assignment, recreating the Pre-Raphaelite painting Ophelia by John Everett Millais. As a result, Jeremy and Talia find their lives in jeopardy when two of Hagan's hitmen ambush them; though Talia is wounded, Jeremy mortally wounds one man, forcing them to retreat. [12], https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1925431/?ref_=bo_se_r_1, "The 50 Cent-produced Fire With Fire could be a lot worse", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fire_with_Fire_(2012_film)&oldid=979522774, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 September 2020, at 07:13. [11] Gordon Sullivan of DVD Verdict called it a clichéd, mediocre B movie. Fire with Fire is a 1986 American romantic drama film about a young woman from a Catholic boarding school who runs away with an escapee from a nearby prison camp. The nasty Bubonic kind. [4] Mark Adams of Screen Daily wrote that it is a misfire with a story that is "more silly than exciting". When Jeremy realizes Talia is also in the building, he puts on his fireman's suit and enters the building to rescue her. Fire with Fire is a 1986 American romantic drama film about a young woman from a Catholic boarding school who runs away with an escapee from a nearby prison camp.