Oct 05, 2003 10:01 PM
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There are movies, and then there are movies with attitude. If you like movies with attitude, you are gonna love broken arrow. In short, the story goes hence ...
John Travolta is an ace pilot, who flies stealth planes loaded with nukes. Christian Slater is his junior. Travolta has a bit of a problem with authority. And he gets really mad when he is passed up for a promotion. He decides to get back. On one of his sortie missions, he manages to crash his plane, of course, before dumping his payload of two nukes at pre-designate sites, and then bails out. Slater is his co-pilot, and somehow manages to escape before the crash. So, now we have a race where Travolta has to get the nukes to the buyers, and Slater is trying to stop him from doing that. In the process, Slater enlists the help of a female park ranger. Although the ending is predictable, let me not go into any more details. To say it in short, the movie is a treat for Travolta fans.
The movie is full of slow motion action scenes, absolutely typical of John Woo films. Travolta is brilliant. Whether it is his action scenes, or his one-liners, Travolta carries it off with aplomb. As a matter of fact, he is so good at times, that you dont even notice that there are other people in the movie. Slater is good too, in the role of the determined rookie, hell bent on stopping his corrupt senior.
Some of the scenes that stand out in the movie:
Where Travolta is smoking in front of his senior, and his senior disapproves of it. Travolta actually puts out the cigarette with his fingers.
The fight between Travolta and Slater inside the cockpit of the plane.
The detonation of the nuke inside a mine deep below the earth, and the resulting copter crash.
The climax.
The scenes are very well shot, against the stark background of the desert. Dialogues are good, and the attitude absolutely suits Travolta's mean cut in the movie. And did I mention, the soundtrack is very very good, perfectly complimenting the slo-mo action scenes. Overall, a must watch for all action fans, John Woo fans, and above all, Travolta fans.
