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Like Moths to a Flame

By Bill Gallo

Westword | October 4, 2004

Jay Russell's action-packed, flame-broiled Ladder 49 is an all-out valentine to the firehouse fraternity. While it's good with mayhem, it's pretty weak in terms of actual human behavior.

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Tags: Jay Russell, Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Ladder 49, Jacinda Barrett, Lewis Colick, Morris Chestnut and Robert Patrick

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