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Fire Down Below (1997)

★ 5.8 · 395 ratings on TMDB

Beneath a land of wealth and beauty hides a secret that could kill millions. Undercover has never run so deep.

Fire Down Below poster★ 5.8

When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent Jack Taggart is sent in—posing as a handyman working with a Christian relief agency—to determine what happened.

DirectorFélix Alcalá
CastAlex Harvey, Brad Hunt, Harry Dean Stanton, Kris Kristofferson, Levon Helm, Marg Helgenberger
GenresAction, Thriller
The emergence reading

Fire Down Below keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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