one of the bad movie ever make . let start with the superficial represent joaquin phoenix be and first of all and too fat to be a rookie fireman . the nyfd do not recruit pillsbury dough boy . john travolta have a bad dye job and and the strange gleam in his eye throughout the movie make me think that he be on some sort of extended scientology bender . the plot hit on all the trope and clichés of what the average joe believe life a a firefighter be really like represent they all get drunk and get into fight and have a hard time express their emotion and their wife all stay at home cry and they all have father issue and everyone have a boston accent and et cetera . an execrable piece of schwarmerei that play on our linger cultural hero worship of firefighter after 9 11 which be and by the way and valid cultural hero worship . this film unfortunately present no believable hero to worship .