![]() ![]() The term becomes a metaphor for the energy and anger Janet feels as she attempts to clear her husband’s name in Air Force records of his crash. ”Afterburn,” we are told, is a term for the extra rush of velocity a pilot can get by releasing a lot of extra fuel while accelerating. ![]() Director Robert Markowitz ( Decoration Day) rightly keeps our attention fixed on Janet, as she grows more determined to expose what she perceives as a cover-up by both the company and the government. Directors Tosca Musk Starring Caitlyn Leahy, Gordon Thompson, Shi Ne Neilson Genres Drama Subtitles English CC, Español CC, more Italiano CC, Português CC Audio languages English. She hires a crusty lawyer played by Robert Loggia ( Jagged Edge), but he’s window dressing in a three-piece suit. Dern plays up the sharp intelligence that was always behind Janet’s good-ol’-gal playfulness, and pretty soon we see Janet using her halter top with righteous deviousness to charm Air Force officials into giving her classified documents that will help prove her case against General Dynamics. This would have been a better film if the enemy had some credible. But Dern is so serenely skilled an actress that after Ted’s death early in the movie, she makes Janet’s transition to grieving avenger seem smooth and logical. Afterburn (1992) starring Laura Dern, Robert Loggia, Vincent Spano and directed by. ![]()
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