The Rocketeer (DVD, 1991)

This is a great popcorn movie

This movie takes place in the late 1930's it is full of really cool cars and airplanes like the Gee Bee, Timothy Dalton plays a swashbuckling actor (like Erroll Flynn) who is a Nazi spy wanting to get his hands on a rocket pack that Howard Hughes developed.
Cool cars, airplanes, Nazis bad guys fun fun funRead full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: second.sale

Rocketing in from the DVD stoneage

Great movie. Bad DVD. Unfortunately this version is from the early days of DVD, when black bars were hard-coded into a 4:3 picture. This is NOT native widescreen, and creates a picture quality so low, when you are forced to zoom the picture, that VHS would be a more preferable option. It might look good on a late-90s CRT TV. If you're watching on an HDTV, get the BluRay. It's not a preference, in this case, it's a necessity. Read full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: jluthor

A TRIBUTE TO HOLLYWOOD'S EARLY YEARS OF FILM!

THE ROCKETEER IS A REMINDER OF THE SATURDAY MATINEE MOVIES YOU SAW AS A KID. WITH BAD GUYS AND HEROS WHO SAVE THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL. IT'S JUST NON-STOP ACTION WHEN A STOLEN JET PACK IS FOUND AND THE BAD GUYS TRY TO GET IT BACK . BILL CAMPBILL STARS AS CLIFF ALONG WITH HIS FRIEND PLAYED BY ALAN ARKIN , LEARN HOW TO USE THE JET PACK. AND JENNIFER CONNELLY PLAYS HIS GIRLFRIEND.TIMOTHY DALTON PLAYS THE HOLLYWOOD STAR WHO'S GOT HIS OWN REASONS FOR WANTING THE JET PACK. IF YOU SEEK GREAT ENTERTAINMENT SEE THE ROCKETEER.Read full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: plutofinds14

Great Movie that has stood the test of time!

The Rocketeer is a great old movie! Jennifer Cambell in one of her first movies, she Maverick's love interest in Top Gun! Lot's of excitement and action!

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: comicartscollec...

Fully widescreen, but no features

I've read many reviews saying this DVD is poor quality or 4:3 aspect ratio with black bars at the top and bottom; not this one. The resolution is actually pretty good and it's really widescreen. I've always loved this movie. It's fun and has character, before movies became 90% CGI and explosions. There is that here, but not so much you lose the people and the story.Read full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: decluttr_store

The Rocketeer is a blast of a film.

One of the most enjoyable movies I've ever seen. Outstanding cast, beautiful score. Fantastic art direction, sound and visual effects. The Rocketeer was a great comic book and an even better movie. Incredible adaption of the comic series by Dave Stevens this move is a work of art that just keeps going with a heartfelt American representation of 40's life in rural America. It's a sweet, pleasant movie experience that in literal worlds 'Has to be seen to be believed.' Great one.Read full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: kh765

GREAT STORY

..about early airplane design and early Hollywood. Funny, has romance, action. The kids can watch this one (only one scene about body "folded in half"). Period piece, like Dick Tracy.

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: decluttr_store

A fun time will be had.

This was a fun movie that never got the positive reviews it deserved. I loved the vintage elements of this movie based in the 1930's.

A Review of "The Rocketeer" by Bill Massey

I'm a huge Jennifer Connelly fan as I am Scots-Irish, but I also liked the other actors as well including Bill Campbell.

I was a great movie and also included quite a bit of interesting pre-WWII history as well.

Sincerely,
William R. (Billy) Massey
Lewisburg, TN Read full review

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: new • Sold by: pop.market

DVD and case in EXCELLENT, 'like-new' co...

DVD and case in EXCELLENT, 'like-new' condition! Been wanting to replace my old VHS copy for AGES!Thanks SO much!😀😀😀

Verified purchase:  Yes • Condition: pre-owned • Sold by: cgcomics