Explosive - Blown Away

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Movie
German title Explosive - Blown Away
Original title Blown Away
Country of production United States
original language English , Irish
Publishing year 1994
length 121 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Stephen Hopkins
script John Rice , Jay Roach
production Pen Densham ,
Richard Barton Lewis ,
John Watson
music Alan Silvestri
camera Peter Levy
cut Tim Wellburn
occupation

Explosiv - Blown Away is an American action thriller from 1994. Directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones.

action

Jimmy Dove is a living legend among the Boston police bomb disposal . But he has an eventful past that explains his explosive passion. Under the name Liam McGivney , he once fought side by side with his friend and mentor Ryan Gaerity as an independent Irish Republican terrorist in the Northern Ireland conflict (they were not in the IRA ). However, while Liam renounced armed struggle and terror, and when Dove began a new life, Gaerity not only remained in prison but also true to the dangerous line and swore revenge on McGivney for his departure.

Dove has since retired and is training the next generation of police officers. But a mysterious series of bomb attacks and the death of a recruit make him sit up and take notice and return to the police force. Jimmy soon recognizes in the almost artfully manufactured explosive devices the style of Gaerity, who broke out of a prison in Northern Ireland and traveled to America. Dove and his personal and private environment are the target of the series of attacks with which Gaerity wants to make life hell for his former comrade.

After Jimmy loses most of his friends and colleagues to the detonations despite all his professional skills, he finally receives the decisive tip. In a highly explosive showdown on a dilapidated shipwreck, Dove can finally knock out Gaerity and clear his last booby trap.

Reviews

The Lexicon of International Films wrote: "More interested in pyromania than in the credibility of the characters and events, the film exploits the Irish struggle for freedom as a backdrop for a superficial action spectacle."

Cinema found: "The" Man in Black "versus the" Big Lebowski "- sounds good, but unfortunately the characters remain pale and all the credit goes to the pyrotechnicians. Your booth magic culminates in the explosion of a real ship. Otherwise, the staging of the later " 24 " maker Stephen Hopkins unfortunately lacks fire. "

Awards

Tommy Lee Jones and one of the action scenes were nominated for an MTV Movie Award in 1995 .

background

  • The shipwreck shown in the film was actually blown up. The explosion was so violent that around 8,000 window panes were broken in the vicinity of Boston.
  • The flick is one of the few films from the Bridges family in which father (Lloyd) and son (Jeff) stood together in front of the camera.
  • Stephen Rea was originally supposed to play one of the main roles.
  • The soundtrack features Irish music etc. a. highlighted by U2 . Joe Cocker and Bekka Bramlett sang the duet Take me home , for the clip of which some scenes from the film were used. The theme song Return to me was sung by October Project .

computer game

There is also a point-and-click adventure called Explosiv - Blown Away. However, this does not tell the plot of the film, but continues the story. The user takes on the role of Dove from the first person perspective, whereby his appearance can never be recognized. The enemy is a bomber who wants to avenge Gaerity's death by killing Dove's friends and family. The player has to prevent this by defusing numerous bombs.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Explosive - Blown Away. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Explosiv - Blown Away on cinema.de
  3. ^ Awards for Explosive - Blown Away