The Rocketeer
Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the help of his mechanic/mentor, Peevy, he attempts to save his girl and stop the Nazis as The Rocketeer.
8 November 1949, London, England, UK
31 March 1958
27 January 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
1958
30 December 1948, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
31 March 1955, Palo Alto, California, USA
12 December 1970, Catskill Mountains, New York, USA
28 November 1909, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 April 1959, Burbank, California, USA
15 July 1952, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA
18 July 1951, Jacksonville, Texas, USA
3 January 1927, Akron, Ohio, USA
7 July 1980, California, USA
10 August 1954, Forest Hills, Queens, New York, USA
19 December 1957, Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
30 November 1960, San Diego, California, USA
6 November 1965, New York City, New York, USA
9 July 1946, Germany
30 October 1938, Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
December 27, 2011
While The Rocketeer never crashes, it's a bumpy ride of cartoonish characters, a flimsy plot and an overall sense of letdown.
April 18, 2007
This $40 million adventure fantasy puts a shiny polish on familiar elements: airborne hero, damsel in distress, Nazi villains, 1930s Hollywood glamor, and dazzling special effects.
January 29, 2012
A charming adventure tale, in the spirit of 1930's serials, The Rocketeer is a fun ride.
December 20, 2011
It's not as dark or as edgy as Tim Burton's Batman films, but it's still cleaner and more digestible. It's not a deep story, but it's full of fun nostalgia and action.
December 29, 2011
One of Disney's most underrated films, and I can't for the life of me figure out why, unless it's the absence of a big-name star.
July 06, 2010
A piece of blandly enthusiastic, B-movie pulp.
April 18, 2007
The whole thing is good-natured enough, but increasingly mechanical.
December 29, 2011
A charmer in its gee-whiz, irony-light resuscitation of the movie serials of the '30s. [Blu-ray]
June 24, 2016
In the quarter-century since its release, as the superhero blockbuster has become a cornerstone of mainstream moviemaking, it's become clear that 'The Rocketeer' is a model of the form - breathless, energetic, and endlessly entertaining.
June 24, 2006
Neat idea, peachy visuals, but there ain't much else to grip the imagination.
