Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire (1986) is an American coming-of-age drama directed by Duncan Gibbins — watch it online on iFILM. Craig Sheffer plays Joe, a street-tough teenager doing time at an Oregon youth reformatory deep in the woods. On a supervised hike he spots Lisa (Virginia Madsen), a student at the Catholic convent school just across the road.

The rules on both sides are clear: no contact. Neither of them listens. When the relationship surfaces, the only option left is to run — from guards, police, and parents who have very different ideas about what the kids should be doing with their lives.

Loosely drawn from a real incident, the film works better than its premise suggests, mostly because Sheffer and Madsen — both early in their careers — bring a raw sincerity that the genre rarely gets. Stream Fire with Fire (1986) online on iFILM.