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Overview
Release Date:
9 February 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
Prepare to Go BallisticPlot:
Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the US military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Travolta Teams Up With Gandolfini Again (From WENN. 24 March 2008, 9:09 AM, PDT)
Slater Takes a Tumble (From WENN. 2 November 2005)
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Classic John Woo! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Travolta | ... | Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins | |
| Christian Slater | ... | Capt. Riley Hale | |
| Samantha Mathis | ... | Terry Carmichael | |
| Delroy Lindo | ... | Colonel Max Wilkins | |
| Bob Gunton | ... | Pritchett | |
| Frank Whaley | ... | Giles Prentice | |
| Howie Long | ... | Kelly | |
| Vondie Curtis-Hall | ... | Chief Sam Rhodes | |
| Jack Thompson | ... | Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff | |
| Vyto Ruginis | ... | Johnson | |
| Ousaun Elam | ... | Lt. Thomas | |
| Shaun Toub | ... | Max | |
| Casey Biggs | ... | Novacek | |
| Jeffrey J. Stephen | ... | Shepherd | |
| Joey Box | ... | Frakes |
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Rated R for strong action violence and language.Parents Guide:
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108 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Australia:MA (DVD rating) | France:Unrated | Malaysia:18SG | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 (w) | Netherlands:12 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #34096)MOVIEmeter: 
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Samantha Mathis plays Terry Carmichael, the love interest of Christian Slater's character Riley Hale. She also played the love interest of Slater's character in the movie Pump Up the Volume (1990). moreGoofs:
Errors in geography: Carmichael tells Hale that the mine shaft is 2000 ft deep. There are various related errors, such as how long the elevator takes to get up and down, but the most egregious error is that from the bottom of the shaft, they catch an underground river which flows them "up" to the river outside. moreQuotes:
Secretary Baird: Guys in lawn chairs. I dunno, Giles. Sometimes you scare me.Giles Prentice: Hell, sir. Sometimes I scare myself.
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If you want an action film in which the hero has a personality, and the bad guy has an even better personality, take a look at Broken Arrow. John Woo's choreographed action is not as dramatic as the Matrix-clone films that are so common today. He is great at creating interesting relationships between heroes and villains, and this film is a good example.
John Travolta is terrific. Christian Slater breaks typecast by playing a nice, sane soldier doing his duty. The love interest isn't an idiotic supermodel playing a nuclear scientist or something, but a park ranger, also doing her duty. She is cute, earthy, and actually believable.
If you want a film that will repeat every aspect of every other military adventure film you have ever seen, you will be disappointed. If dialog bores you, skip this film. If you like action movies filmed entirely in parking garages and spooky allies, then you will not appreciate the settings in this film in America's majestic West.