Planes: Fire & Rescue

Name: Planes: Fire & Rescue
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family
Released: July 18, 2014
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Dane Cook

2014

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: July 18, 2014 | PG

Starring: Dane Cook

Summary: When world famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he shifts gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his courageous team, including spirited super scooper Dipper, heavy-lift helicopter Windlifter,When world famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he shifts gears and is launched into the world of aerial firefighting. Dusty joins forces with veteran fire and rescue helicopter Blade Ranger and his courageous team, including spirited super scooper Dipper, heavy-lift helicopter Windlifter, ex-military transport Cabbie and a lively bunch of brave all-terrain vehicles known as The Smokejumpers. Together, the fearless team battles a massive wildfire and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.… Expand

Director: Roberts Gannaway

Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 83 min

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Bill Zwecker

Jul 17, 2014

Planes: Fire & Rescue is a good improvement over “Planes,” which Disney released last year. The story is stronger, there are some wonderful additions to the voice talent and the 3D cinematography is well-utilized. Read full review

The Playlist Drew Taylor

Jul 4, 2014

Planes: Fire and Rescue serves as a dramatic improvement over the original, introducing thrilling action sequences backed by actual stakes and an unexpected emotional dimension, all on top of upgraded animation and a greater emphasis on character. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Susan Wloszczyna

Jul 18, 2014

Surprise, surprise. This "Planes" quickly grounds itself with a story that at least offers an emotional hook (if not ladder) that most adults and even kids can appreciate. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Jul 4, 2014

Beautiful to look at, this is nothing more than a Little Engine That Could story refitted to accommodate aerial action and therefore unlikely to engage the active interest of anyone above the age of about 8, or 10 at the most. Read full review

Peter Hartlaub

Jul 17, 2014

An occasionally rousing but mostly just adequate sequel to last year's "Planes." Read full review

Jordan Hoffman

Jul 18, 2014

Surprisingly dull. Read full review

Catherine Bray

Jul 15, 2014

Displaying a weird lack of memorable or endearing characters, this animated effort feels more like a direct-to-video job from the 1990s than a fully fledged John Lasseter–exec-produced theatrical release. Read full review

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WadieGamer

Jun 7, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The plot is beautiful, also the movie represents how much efforts Firefighters do to save people's life
The animation and the mechanics were quiet excellent.… Expand

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TRANSFORMERSFAN

Mar 11, 2021

this movie was awesome! this movie was the best animated movie from 2014 next to big hero 6!

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Zavia

Mar 14, 2021

While I agree that this is not a great movie, it's such a big improvement to the last one. I feel like some characters are kind of stereotypical, and I hate that Dusty doesn't tell anyone about his gearbox problem when gets to the base, but besides that, a far improvement to the last one.

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EpicLadySponge

May 1, 2016

Fun and organic as a standalone installment and can obviously beat the original Planes as a franchise installment, but it still needs a long way to go to get to the positives.

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darrenkty

Nov 20, 2014

stupidly boring movie.....ermmm our whole family nearly slept while watching this movie and some movies like Wreck It Ralph or Frozen OR BIG HERO 6 could beat this movie!

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NerdConsultant

Jan 4, 2015

This movie obviously thinks kids are stupid because there is no other reason for this film to exist. Remember when pixar films used to take years in development? This one came out less than a year after the original Planes, and it really shows. I haven’t seen such a carbon copy sequelThis movie obviously thinks kids are stupid because there is no other reason for this film to exist. Remember when pixar films used to take years in development? This one came out less than a year after the original Planes, and it really shows. I haven’t seen such a carbon copy sequel since Hangover Part 2. They have just replaced the word Racing Plane for Fire Fighter, the animation has somehow managed to get worse and the fact that this was left in cinemas for as long as it was, meant that more parents took kids to see this than decent children's movies that came out this year (seriously Despicable Me 2 and the Croods were much better than this). kids deserve a better class of movie than this. The cars films were dreadful, Planes was even worse. I haven’t even seen the boat spin-off but I can assume that is awful as well and if there are any plans to make more of them in the future then expect them to turn up on future lists as these films have no redeeming qualities whatsoever.… Expand

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SimpsonFans

Sep 24, 2016

Another pile of garbage coming from Disney. The movie couldn't have come across any dumber and surprisingly it was extremely dull. The title of the movie tells the whole story.

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