
Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930's Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. 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.... (Full plot summary below)
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Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930's Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. 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.
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| eFilmCritic.comBrian Mckaylives and breathes with the spirit of the old adventure pulp comics or Saturday matinee serials. Its charms will probably be lost on most of this jaded generation |
| Reel Times: Reflections on CinemaMark PfeifferThe Rocketeer is a throwback to when movie heroes weren't burdened by irony or existential angst. |
| The SpectatorHarriet WaughA fantasy adventure in the manner of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and for the most part it works. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris Hicks.. has its exciting and amusing moments, but on the whole is a disappointment. |
| KFOR Channel 4 NewsBlake DavisAn overlooked classic that is alive with the heroics and nostalgia of big-studio era Hollywood. |
| Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeThe Rocketeer is low-octane Steven Spielberg — projected in the right happy direction but lacking the gritty accelerant and around-the-edges humor and humanity of other heavy popcorn-load adventures. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperThis is a wonderful tying together of historic detail in the story of a man who becomes a super-hero with the help of a rocket pack. |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomA fun outing, harkening back to the old serial days. Dalton is appropriately hammy as the Errol Flynn-type villain. |
| Common Sense MediaEllen MacKayMore Deco-era style than substance -- but fun. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe Rocketeer may not be perfect, but it's an excellent example of how to adapt a comic book to the screen. |