‘Broken Arrow’ hits action bull’s eye
By Gerry Beltz
Him Critic
After making
couple years ago,
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with Jean-Claude
Van Damme
(and his amaz
ing, spin-kick
ing ego), direc
tor John Woo al
legeaiy swore ne
would never
make another
film in the
United States.
We all can be
glad he changed
ms nunu.
Woo is back, with a vengeance,
with “Broken Arrow.”
Vic Deakins (John Travolta) and
Riley Hale (Christian Slater) are a
couple of buddies in the Air Force,
with Deakins playing teacher to Hale’s
student.
The two are assigned to a test run
of a Stealth bomber with a couple of
nuclear warheads in the cargo bay. But
Deakins has other plans for the nukes.
He ejects Hale from the plane and
drops the unarmed nukes, thus mak
ing them “broken arrows” (military
jargon for lost nuclear weapons).
In pursuit of Deakins, Hale forges
a unique relationship with park ranger
Terry (Samantha Mathis), and the two
start causing a bit of chaos and may
hem as they try to prevent the detona
tion of the nuclear devices.
The film rocks, from beginning to
end. The action never stops, though it
does slow down from time to time to
Photo courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox
John Travolta stars as Stealth bomber pilot Vic Deakins in the new action-thriller, “Broken Arrow.
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move the plot along.
It wouldn’t be a John Woo film
without tons of action, and this IS a
Woo film. Battles on trucks, trains and
in a copper mine keep the pulse
pounding, and the score by Hans
Zimmer (“Crimson Tide,” “The Lion
King”) helps things along very nicely.
Granted, being a Woo film, this also
means suspension of disbelief.
(C’mon, would the United States Gov
ernment really entrust two nuclear
devices to these two boneheads?)
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The Facts
Film: “Broken Arrow”
Stars: John Travolta, Christian
Slater, Samantha Mathis
Director: John Woo
Rating: R Oanguage, violence)
Grade: A
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