Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by John Woo, and written by Graham Yost. The film stars 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's and Slater's characters. The film was a commercial success despite mixed reviews.
Plot
Major Vic "Deak" Deakins and Captain Riley Hale, pilots from Whiteman Air Force Base, are flying a stealth bomber with two B83 nuclear bombs on a secret exercise. After evading Air Force radar, Deakins suddenly attacks Hale and ejects him from the plane. Deakins releases the bombs without activating them and then reports that Hale has gone rogue. He ejects, leaving the plane to crash in a national park in Utah.
More details
| author | Graham Yost |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Utah |
| director | John Woo |
| editor | Joe Hutshing John Wright Steve Mirkovich |
| events | aviation terrorism |
| genre | action thriller western |
| keywords | abandon air force base ambush arrest b83 nuclear bomb bicker boxing match broken arrow detach electromagnetic pulse engage fall first time fly force gun battle humvee kill lose national park nest nuclear bomb nuclear electromagnetic pulse nuclear emergency support team park ranger remote control river stealth bomber strand tick track down trap whiteman air force base |
| musicBy | Hans Zimmer |
| producer | Bill Badalato Mark Gordon Terence Chang |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | chase terrorism transport |