Fire with Fire – Verbotene Leidenschaft (1986)

Fire with Fire – Verbotene Leidenschaft: Directed by Duncan Gibbins. With Craig Sheffer, Virginia Madsen, Jon Polito, J.J. Cohen. A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and must run away together to escape the law, the church and their parents.

“Two teenagers fall in love–one is in a prison camp (Craig Sheffer), the other is at a Catholic school (Virginia Madsen). He escapes and they run with the law in hot pursuit…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI was one of the few who saw this theatrically back in 1986. I had seen Sheffer and Madsen in movies before. I knew they were good actors (although Madsen is a little better) and very physically attractive (especially Sheffer). The whole audience consisted on me and a bunch of teenage boys (I was 24 at the time). The guys hated it but I loved it! The soundtrack, the direction, the acting–all were just great. Sheffer and Madsen also worked well with each other which helped. Purportedly Madsen couldnu0026#39;t stand Sheffer but youu0026#39;d never know it watching this movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was being pushed by the studio as an updated version of u0026quot;Romeo u0026amp; Julietu0026quot; (the similarities are there) without the unhappy ending. But with no stars to u0026quot;sellu0026quot; it this died quickly and disappeared. Thatu0026#39;s too bad–itu0026#39;s one of the better teen romances of the 80s. See it if you get a chance.”