Firehead

Chris Lemmon's masterpiece
All of Chris Lemmon's ample talent is on display in this riveting David-and-Goliath courtroom drama about a struggling attorney who takes on Big Hair Care on behalf of his client, a Russian pop singer who has been hideously disfigured when his hair mousse is ignited by stage pyrotechnics, not once but on five separate occasions. The callous money-grubbing corporate defense lawyers laugh at him and nickname him Firehead, setting the stage for a tale of righteous vengeance. Fortunately, the accidents that have ended the singer's career have also granted him the power to shoot highly destructive laser beams from his eyes. The courtroom scenes do drag on a bit despite disturbing cameos from Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond, but you know IT'S ON when the camera zooms in on Chris Lemmon as he growls, "let's settle out of court." The final laser rampage showdown in the shampoo factory is not to be missed. Plummer turns in an adept performance as the Radioactive Toad Boss. Firehead!

Back away slowly
This film had a good story idea but a horrible script, B actors and campy stunts also I think the director was on vacation while they were shooting.
The so called funny banter was so bad they should have just left it out, every word sounded as if they were just reading the script word for word.
This movie is a waste of time, money, and looks to be done all in one takes. If you like to watch bad movies just for the fun of tearing them apart and laughing at how bad they are, this one's for you, enjoy.
PS. No skin, so where did they come up with the (R) rating.

Terrible
If I had to use one word to describe Firehead it would be "incompetent". Shot on what looks like a budget of $200, I don't know why two pretty good actors, Martin Landau and Christopher Plummer, appeared in it or how they got paid. The other "name" actor in it is Chris Lemmon. By the middle of the film he's wielding a gun and concocting plans to foil the bad guys. You know your movie is in trouble when Chris Lemmon is your action hero.

The plot, as if it matters, is a Russian soldier named Ivan who has developed the powers of telekinesis and pyrokinesis. He becomes disgusted with the Russian government so comes to America. He discovers that there are multiple defense contractors secretly building nuclear weapons. He starts blowing them up. Chris Lemmon plays a scientist who worked with Ivan before he went rogue. He's teamed with a woman from the military to find and stop Ivan.

No explanation is given for how Ivan knew which defense plants to blow up. The woman...

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