Broken Arrow [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

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 steal two nuclear warheads onboard and sell them to terrorists who plan to blackmail the government. Deakins meets up with his cohorts, who have been waiting in the park, while Hale survives and teams up with a young, attractive park ranger (Samantha Mathis) to foil Deakins's plans. Plenty of action ensues, with car chases, collapsing mine shafts, fights on burning trains, and even the underground detonation of a nuclear device. Despite the script's implausibilities and inconsistencies, Woo amply displays the expertise with action sequences and man-to-man conflict that has made his Hong Kong films cult favorites. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: A
• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
• Audio: PCM Stereo
• Features:
  • Enhanced for d-box motion control systems
  • Theatrical trailer in high definition

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       John Travolta - Vic Deakins
       Christian Slater - Riley Hale
       Samantha Mathis - Terry Carmichael
       Delroy Lindo - Col. Max Wilkins
       Bob Gunton - Pritchett
       Frank Whaley - Giles Prentice
       Carmen Argenziano - General Boone

• Director:

  John Woo

• Producer:

  William Badalato, Terence Chang, Mark Gordon

• Screenwriter:

  Graham Yost

• Cinematographer:

  Peter Levy, Lloyd Ahern, Jr., Michael Benson

• Composer (Music Score):

  Hans Zimmer

• Editor:

  Joe Hutshing, Steve Mirkovich, John Wright

• Production Designer:

  Holger Gross

• Art Director:

  William F. O'Brien

• Co-producer:

  Allison Lyon Segan

• Executive Producer:

  Dwight H. Little, Christopher Godsick

• Set Designer:

  Richard C. Goddard, Gary Diamond, Jann K. Engel, Lois G. Hoyos

• Costume Designer:

  Mary Malin

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  David Ronne

• First Assistant Director:

  Gary Hymes, Josh McLaglen

• Stunts:

  John Cade, John Casino, R.J. Chambers, Tim A. Davison, Cindy Folkerson, Paul Lane, Billy Lucas, George Wilbur, Danny Wynands, Jophery Brown, Brian Smrz, Eugene Collier, Marcia Holley, Alan Graf, Joni Avery

• Casting:

  Donna Isaacson

• Foley Artist:

  Kevin Bartnof