Broken Arrow
Unclear and Present Danger
Jamelle Bouie
4.7 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s podcast, Jamelle and John watched the legendary Hong Kong director John Woo’s 1996 action thriller “Broken Arrow,” starring John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo and Howie Long.
In “Broken Arrow,” a rogue pilot, Air Force Major Vic Deakins, played by Travolta, steals two nuclear weapons with the intent to sell them back to the United States government for a profit. His co-pilot, Captain Riley Hale, played by Christian Slater, is left for dead during the theft of the weapons. When Hale is found by park ranger Terry Carmichael, Samantha Mathis, the two race to stop Deakins, who eventually decides that he is going to detonate one of the weapons and irradiate the Southwest.
The tagline for “Broken Arrow” was “Prepare to go ballistic.”
You can find “Broken Arrow” to rent or buy on Amazon and iTunes.
Our next episode will be on the 1996 drama “City Hall.”
Connor Lynch produced this episode. Artwork by Rachel Eck.
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| 0:00.0 | They are America's first line of defense. |
| 0:06.0 | Best of friends. |
| 0:08.0 | Ready, Captain. |
| 0:09.0 | Snap of the Earth. Here we go. |
| 0:11.0 | Fierce competitors. |
| 0:13.0 | Very nicely done. |
| 0:14.0 | Almost as good as me. |
| 0:15.0 | Ready to protect our nation against any threat. |
| 0:18.0 | Carrying the nukes. |
| 0:20.0 | You love having the power of God at your fingertips. |
| 0:22.6 | Not tonight, buddy. |
| 0:24.6 | But what if the enemy is one of them? |
| 0:28.6 | What the hell are you doing? |
| 0:35.6 | We got pilots down. |
| 0:40.8 | Over here! |
| 0:42.5 | We got ourselves a broken arrow. |
| 0:44.4 | A broken what? |
| 0:45.7 | It's what we call it when we lose a nuclear weapon. |
| 0:48.3 | I don't know what's scary. |
| 0:49.1 | I'm losing nuclear weapons, but that it happens so often is actually a term for it. |
| 0:53.0 | The only thing more dangerous than what he knows. |
| 0:56.0 | They believe they've got an exposed corps. |
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