Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow is a 1996 American action-thriller film directed by John Woo, written by Graham Yost, and starring John Travolta, Christian Slater, and Samantha Mathis. The film's main themes include the theft of two American nuclear weapons, the attempts of U.S. military authorities to recover them, and the feud between Travolta and Slater's characters. The film was a commercial success despite mixed reviews.
Plot
Major Vic "Deak" Deakins and Captain Riley Hale, pilots in the United States Air Force (USAF), are assigned to a secret exercise flying a stealth bomber with two B83 nuclear bombs. After successfully evading Air Force radar, Deakins suddenly attacks Hale and ejects him from the plane. Deakins releases the bombs without activating them, then reports that Hale has gone rogue. He ejects from the plane, leaving it to crash in a national park in Utah.
More details
author | Graham Yost |
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contentLocation | Utah |
director | John Woo |
editor | Joe Hutshing John Wright Steve Mirkovich |
events | aviation terrorism |
genre | action thriller western |
keywords | abandon air force ambush arrest b83 nuclear bomb bicker broken arrow detach electromagnetic pulse fall fly force gun battle humvee kill national park nest nuclear bomb nuclear electromagnetic pulse nuclear emergency support team park ranger remote control river search and rescue strand tick track down trap united states air force |
musicBy | Hans Zimmer |
producer | Bill Badalato Mark Gordon Terence Chang |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
theme | chase spy terrorism transport |