The Rocketeer Blu-ray Reviews

A fizzy if not wholly successful fantasy adventure film that mixes some real-life personalities and the cinematic tone of 1930s Hollywood with fictional protagonists and antagonists, Joe Johnston’s The Rocketeer remains a fun film even if it doesn’t quite achieve the same spirit of gung-ho adventure and unadulterated fun that Raiders of the Lost Ark, its obvious cinematic inspiration, generated. Its disappointing box-office performance quashed any hopes for a series, but the film has generated something of a cult following in the years since its release making this Blu-ray 20th Anniversary Edition, even without anything in the way of a tribute or movie memorabilia, an unexpected surprise.

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