the basic plot be good and can be engage . the music be so great that it become the theme music for the tv show iron chef ( though it be way overused and too intrusive in the movie ) . so and how do this movie end up so poor . well and the plot be about 95 % predictable and the character be about a 1 dimensional a possible . and the dialog . what person would actually allow themselves to receive credit for come up with the stupid macho bull crap that purport to be dialog . you get much great realism from most cartoon . the bottom line be that this movie have some good point but be so mar by hackneyed clichés and rotten dialog that it quickly become tiresome . and and this be a shame and because fireman deserve a good tribute than this mess . if you do not believe me and look at the number of goof list on imdb for this movie way in excess of what you would expect to find . they just do not care enough to work out all the kink and problem . so and a a result the movie seem rush and in need of a re write and re editing .