An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.An Irish bomber escapes from prison and targets a member of the Boston bomb squad.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Christofer de Oni
- Officer Robby Cortez
- (as Chris de Oni)
Tricia Heine
- Connie
- (as Patricia A. Heine)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones are good friends in real life. Also, they were both considered to play Snake Plissken in "Escape from New York (1981)" before Kurt Russell got the part.
- GoofsAt the beginning of the movie during the disarming of the bomb at MIT you had Dove and Cortez in the room with Nancy and one or more bomb squad personnel in the hallway. The bomb squad personnel all had to be there; Nancy did not. Why didn't Cortez or one of the other bomb squad personnel take over the keyboard from Nancy so that they could get her out of there? This just did not make sense.
- Quotes
Ryan Gaerity: I've come here to create a new country for you called chaos, and a new government called anarchy.
- Crazy creditsThis film is dedicated to the memory of Officer Jeremiah J. Hurley of the Boston Bomb Squad, and to the more than Three Thousand Certified Bomb Technicians throughout the world who risk their lives for our safety every day.
- Alternate versionsIn addition to your normal dialogue and language cuts, the TV version also edits the computer sequence so that the display does not cycle text on part of the monitor, whereas in the original version, there is text in that section, including a b-word used in a context that network TV likely would not have tolerated. Some parts of this sequence are also cropped so that just the typing is visible.
- ConnectionsEdited into Stealth Fighter (1999)
- SoundtracksWith or Without You
Written by U2 (Bono (as Paul Hewson), The Edge (as Dave Evans), Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. (as Larry Mullen))
Performed by U2
Courtesy of Island Records Ltd.
Featured review
Mad bomber formerly associated the IRA escapes from prison and appears in Boston to exact revenge to the man who put him there in the first place - bomb expert Jimmy Dove, a loving family man, with a dark past...
If this plot seems easy to predict, it is. but it is defended by the superb action sequences filmed, the excellent explosions and also by the great acting by Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones. The standout goes to Jones, who gives an on-his-own performance as a deranged bomber at war with Jimmy Dove. And although the storyline has a few plot holes, it still manages to carry on as if nothing happened. Director Hopkins, who helmed the gory 1990 sequel to the 1987 action hit Predator, shows his potential for making action sequences as realistic as possible. One example is the abandoned ship explosion. That has what I think the biggest live action film explosion ever! On the MGM DVD the picture is a clear anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen with super good Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, thus packing a punch for you home theater system.
Overall, solid entertainment, you're not looking for anything like To Kill A Mockingbird, now are you? A treat for action fans and a must have for home theater enthusiasts.
7.65/10 for entertainment, 6.7/10 overall.
Delton
If this plot seems easy to predict, it is. but it is defended by the superb action sequences filmed, the excellent explosions and also by the great acting by Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones. The standout goes to Jones, who gives an on-his-own performance as a deranged bomber at war with Jimmy Dove. And although the storyline has a few plot holes, it still manages to carry on as if nothing happened. Director Hopkins, who helmed the gory 1990 sequel to the 1987 action hit Predator, shows his potential for making action sequences as realistic as possible. One example is the abandoned ship explosion. That has what I think the biggest live action film explosion ever! On the MGM DVD the picture is a clear anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen with super good Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, thus packing a punch for you home theater system.
Overall, solid entertainment, you're not looking for anything like To Kill A Mockingbird, now are you? A treat for action fans and a must have for home theater enthusiasts.
7.65/10 for entertainment, 6.7/10 overall.
Delton
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Nổ Tung
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,156,002
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,424,873
- Jul 4, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $30,156,002
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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