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Broken Arrow (1996)

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Average Rating: 5.9/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 4

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Average Rating: 2.9/5
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Hong Kong director John Woo's second U.S. film (his first was Hard Target) delivers a number of exciting action sequences but is let down by a credibility-straining plot. John Travolta plays Vic Deakins, an Air Force pilot on what is supposed to be a routine night flight mission with his co-pilot, the younger Riley Hale (Christian Slater), whom Deakins constantly kids for lacking the "will to win." Deakins is actually a traitor who crashlands their Stealth Bomber in Death Valley so that he can

R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure

Graham Yost

Mar 9, 1999

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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All Critics (44) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (15) | DVD (10)

Directed with the keen action instincts Woo brought to The Killer, Hard-Boiled and other cult causes from his career in Hong Kong.

January 1, 2000 Comment
USA Today
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An intricate, rather beautiful dance of momentum and force.

August 11, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

When you total all of the niggling inconsistencies and lump in Travolta's and Long's silly performances and a sillier script, you get a film that's just plain dumb.

July 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

A perfectly entertaining, exciting, and competently made action thriller, [but] it can't help but be somewhat of a letdown.

December 5, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

Travolta is camp, but the action is cool in true John Woo style.

February 13, 2003 Comment
Sunday Times (Australia)
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Audience Reviews for Broken Arrow

A US stealth bomber pilot steals its nuclear payload to hold the government to ransom with only his erstwhile comrade and a Park Ranger in a position to stop him. Yet another no-brainer from John Woo, Broken Arrow features every cliche from the Hollywood action playbook, including exploding helicopters aplenty, endless

December 11, 2006
garyX
xGary Xx

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No, it's not a remake of the 50s western with James Stewart, this is an entirely different movie. This action movie has good actors, an interesting story, and it's very exciting. I liked it.

September 6, 2010
ajv2688

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