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Blown Away (1994)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:6

Rotten:12

Average Rating:4.9/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: An escaped Irish political prisoner and explosives expert terrorizes the city of Boston. A bomb squad expert and former friend of the mad bomber has to stop his vengeful rampage before his family... An escaped Irish political prisoner and explosives expert terrorizes the city of Boston. A bomb squad expert and former friend of the mad bomber has to stop his vengeful rampage before his family and the whole city are...Blown Away. [More]

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Forest Whitaker

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Forest Whitaker, Suzy Amis

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Director: Stephen Hopkins

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No one will be blown away by this formula thriller.

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04/18/08
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org
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02/09/06
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07/17/05
Emanuel Levy
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One of the better suspense thrillers of the early 90's

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05/12/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

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09/19/04
Fiore Mastracci
Fiore Mastracci
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Someone should tell director Stephen Hopkins that 'action thrillers' require one small ingredient--action.

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01/05/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
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10/31/03
Frank Swietek
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James Rocchi
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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

you won't be

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07/29/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Annoyingly bereft of the whiz-bang action that a movie like this desperately needs. Still, Quaid does a darn good job.

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07/26/02
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Scott Weinberg
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