It's what we call it when we lose a nuclear weapon
I don't know what's scarier, losing nuclear weapons, or that it happens so often there's actually a term for it.
Broken Arrow (1996), that movie with John Travolta, Christian Slater, and Howie Long (remember when he was in that Elvis movie with Ice-T in 2001?). Wait a second, this movie isn't really Sci-Fi related is it? Most of the movie isn't, but the premise definitely is. Originally, when I was young, I thought their aircraft was just a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which is already pretty damn cool. However, when researching this blog post, I found out it wasn't a B-2, but a "B-3" stealth bomber. It has that familiar wedge shape of the B-2, but it's slightly different, and as far as I know it's not a real thing. And what else could possibly make a "not really Sci-Fi" movie more spicy? Nuclear weapons? Lost nuclear weapons? Stolen nuclear weapons in the hands of a guy with a head full of bad wiring? Yeah. That's what we want. Side note; Under Siege 2 (1995) technically did this story first, but it's not exactly a novel idea, so we'll forget that - Under Siege 2 blog post sounds good, maybe later.
I can't forget to mention director John Woo, that would be a tragedy. And I definitely have to talk about the setting and atmosphere. 90s America, perfection, so it's off to a good start. But we've got the cockpit of the secret B-3 bomber, the Arizona desert, the military base command center, the underground abandoned mine, the desert canyon, the river, and of course the train at the end.
Is it a Sci-Fi movie? Let's just call it a 90s action movie with Sci-Fi elements and forget the argument. It's not an award winning movie but it fits in with everything else on this blog thus far, so it gets a thumbs up from me.
Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?
Broken Arrow (1996), that movie with John Travolta, Christian Slater, and Howie Long (remember when he was in that Elvis movie with Ice-T in 2001?). Wait a second, this movie isn't really Sci-Fi related is it? Most of the movie isn't, but the premise definitely is. Originally, when I was young, I thought their aircraft was just a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which is already pretty damn cool. However, when researching this blog post, I found out it wasn't a B-2, but a "B-3" stealth bomber. It has that familiar wedge shape of the B-2, but it's slightly different, and as far as I know it's not a real thing. And what else could possibly make a "not really Sci-Fi" movie more spicy? Nuclear weapons? Lost nuclear weapons? Stolen nuclear weapons in the hands of a guy with a head full of bad wiring? Yeah. That's what we want. Side note; Under Siege 2 (1995) technically did this story first, but it's not exactly a novel idea, so we'll forget that - Under Siege 2 blog post sounds good, maybe later.
I can't forget to mention director John Woo, that would be a tragedy. And I definitely have to talk about the setting and atmosphere. 90s America, perfection, so it's off to a good start. But we've got the cockpit of the secret B-3 bomber, the Arizona desert, the military base command center, the underground abandoned mine, the desert canyon, the river, and of course the train at the end.
Is it a Sci-Fi movie? Let's just call it a 90s action movie with Sci-Fi elements and forget the argument. It's not an award winning movie but it fits in with everything else on this blog thus far, so it gets a thumbs up from me.
Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?