THERE ARE real firefighters in the world who regularly perform heroic deeds. That is an inarguable fact, and it should not be confused with discussion of "Ladder 49," a movie that attempts to convey ...

You have to marvel at the crass exploitation inherent in a movie that exists to show a bunch of firefighters in one life-threatening situation after another. It doesn’t help that, in terms of tone and ...

In the film, Joaquin stars as Jack Morrison, a fireman who begins to reassess the physical toll and low pay his high-risk job requires due to his wife and kids. Despite the encouragement of his mentor ...

Filled with gripping moments of firefighters battling flames and trying to save lives, intense drama inside the firehouse and homes and the humor of a brotherhood forged in the heat, "Ladder 49" is ...

Robert Patrick, part of the ensemble in the new film Ladder 49, has a face that everyone recognizes from a myriad of film and television roles but a name that few can conjure up. For many, he's still ...

While Sept. 11 helped embellish the already heroic image of firefighters, "Ladder 49" doesn't owe any direct debt to such recent events. It plays, rather, like an old-fashioned, by-the-numbers drama ...