Blue Thunder (1982)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 110m
Director: John Badham
Cast: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, Malcolm McDowell
Synopsis:
The US military unveil a new hi-tech police surveillance helicopter and ask a pilot with some rough Vietnam experience to fly it. He begins to suspect it is intended for more than crowd control at the coming Olympics.
Review:
Fitting neatly into the Vietnam vet mould and incorporating the gimmick of a gadget-filled helicopter, Badham's sumptuously mounted action picture encompasses some extraordinarily far-fetched plotting (the ease with which the hero makes off with the chopper beggars belief), hazy characterization and a most perfunctory piece of villainy from McDowell. We never do find out exactly what the bad guys wanted the helicopter for, but the situation of one professional against the boring old establishment is so irresistible we give it little thought.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 110m
Director: John Badham
Cast: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, Malcolm McDowell
Synopsis:
The US military unveil a new hi-tech police surveillance helicopter and ask a pilot with some rough Vietnam experience to fly it. He begins to suspect it is intended for more than crowd control at the coming Olympics.
Review:
Fitting neatly into the Vietnam vet mould and incorporating the gimmick of a gadget-filled helicopter, Badham's sumptuously mounted action picture encompasses some extraordinarily far-fetched plotting (the ease with which the hero makes off with the chopper beggars belief), hazy characterization and a most perfunctory piece of villainy from McDowell. We never do find out exactly what the bad guys wanted the helicopter for, but the situation of one professional against the boring old establishment is so irresistible we give it little thought.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 110m
Director: John Badham
Cast: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, Malcolm McDowell
Synopsis:
The US military unveil a new hi-tech police surveillance helicopter and ask a pilot with some rough Vietnam experience to fly it. He begins to suspect it is intended for more than crowd control at the coming Olympics.
Review:
Fitting neatly into the Vietnam vet mould and incorporating the gimmick of a gadget-filled helicopter, Badham's sumptuously mounted action picture encompasses some extraordinarily far-fetched plotting (the ease with which the hero makes off with the chopper beggars belief), hazy characterization and a most perfunctory piece of villainy from McDowell. We never do find out exactly what the bad guys wanted the helicopter for, but the situation of one professional against the boring old establishment is so irresistible we give it little thought.