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Director:
Craig R. Baxley
Writer:
Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 August 1997 (Turkey) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Tagline:
He's destroyed everything close to him. Now he's going next door. more
Plot:
A decorated firefighter (Charlie Sheen) has his wife and son leave him because of his violent tendencies... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Great! But not excellent! more (21 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Charlie Sheen ... Lyle Wilder (as Charles Sheen)

Mare Winningham ... Catherine Braverton

David Andrews ... Reese Braverton

Noah Fleiss ... Zach Braverton
Dawnn Lewis ... Sandy Tierra
Chelsea Russo ... Marcie Braverton

John Ratzenberger ... Al Calavito
Keone Young ... Ron the Repairman
Reggie Jackson ... Himself
Cody Jones ... D.J.

David Hewlett ... Andrew
Phillip Jarrett ... Firefighter

Tino Monte ... TV Newscaster
Sheldon Turcott ... Network Newscaster

Karen Brigman ... Marge Wilder
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bad Day on the Block (USA) (working title)
The Fireman (International: English title)
Under Pressure (USA) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence/terror and language.
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Runtime:
88 min | Argentina:104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
UK:15 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | France:U | Germany:16 (video premiere) | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Stouffville, Ontario, Canada more
Company:
Largo Entertainment more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: When the model airplane flies through the window, the glass breaks apart in small pieces like safety glass of a car, normal window glass does not break like this. more
Quotes:
Lyle Wilder: Have a rice day more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Great! But not excellent!, 5 March 2008
8/10
Author: mensur_sony from Azerbaijan

Bad Day on the Block: Under Pressure A.K.A The Fireman is 1997 thriller film directed by Craig R. Baxley. Charlie Sheen (credited as Charles Sheen) is one of the my favorite actors and reason for me to watch that film. Story and screenplay of the film is very well but I think it is low budget. The thrills is really excellent. But... directing was bad for me, acting performances aren't excellent. But screenplay was good and Charlie Sheen gave us excellent performance as psycho fireman named Lyle Wilder (L.W.). Charlie's performance correct all the bad things for this film. Charlie Sheen's character and performance was one of the great psycho character performances I have ever seen. Noah Fleiss and Chelsea Russo was also great as kids of Brevartons. And I'm so happy to see John Ratzenberger (from Cheers).

I think Charlie Sheen is great actor. Charlie can get an Academy Award (but he must choose great dramas).

I gave that 8/10. I can give that 10/10 but director and some of other actors/actresses wasn't good but Charles is very well.

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