"Broken arrow" is a military term for a nuclear warhead that has been stolen -- and villainous Air Force pilot Vic Deakins (John Travolta) has done just that. In fact, he's pilfered TWO bombs, in an effort to extract a huge amount of cash from the government in exchange for their safe return. However, there's a fly in the ambitious thief's ointment: Riley Hale (Christian Slater), Vic's former co-pilot, whom Vic thought he had killed when he robbed the bombs. Helping Riley is gutsy female Park Ranger Terry Carmichael (Samantha Mathis). Together the duo uses all the artillery, ammo, vehicles, and gumption they can muster, as they risk life and limb to thwart Vic and his vile gang. Hong Kong action specialist John Woo propels the film through trains, Humvees, exploding helicopters and more.
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John Travolta as Maj. Vic Deakins
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Terry: Clyde, what exactly does a suspicious truck look like?
This is a wonderful painting of Indian braves and their horses as they travel free across the open plains. Music by Rod Stewart, Broken Arrow. Enjoy Wally. Source: Ezthemes Size: (668 Kb)
When Hong Kong action director John Woo made his first American movie, the Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Hard Target, he had to recut and re-submit it to the ratings board 17 times in order to secure an R rating. Woo was probably surprised and baffled by the whole process, since Hard Target was downright languid by HK standards. But in the U.S., Woo's original cut looked radically violent, albeit strangely poetic. Even re-edited for Hollywood-style clarity and shorn of 20 minutes of footage, the released version of Hard Target is a severely flawed but oddly compelling piece of work.
