Broken Arrow

Synopsis: "Broken Arrow" is the term used to describe a nuclear device that has been lost. In this movie, two nuclear missiles are stolen by rogue US pilot Deakins, but hot on his trail is his co-pilot Hale and a Park Ranger, Terry. The action takes place in Utah's canyon country; a high stakes game of cat and mouse.
Director(s): John Woo
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
R
Year:
1996
108 min
761 Views


- You see what happened there?

- I'm pretty sure you hit me.

I gave you left, left.

You think it'll be another left...

..and I gave you a right.

I'm just telling ya

that's what boxing's all about. Okay?

You show your opponent one thing.

You do something else.

That's how Ali took the title from Foreman.

He beat him with a rope-a-dope. Remember?

I don't remember what day it is!

Everyone thought Ali's arms had run out.

But he was just setting Foreman up.

He let him burn himself out.

And then in the eighth round, in he comes!

Poor George has got nothin' left.

I always liked Bruce Lee movies.

Hey, you're learning!

Don't look at my hands.

Look at my shoulder!

Where the punch comes from! See?

You're still looking at my hands!

Let's try it again.

Come on! Focus.

Shoulders!

- Here.

- No, you keep it.

Come on, you won.

Yeah, but I always win.

I mean, I'm starting to feel guilty.

Shut up and take it!

You know why

you didn't beat me today, Hale?

Could it be you've been boxing

for 20 years and you're better than me?

No.

You don't have the will to win.

Well,... your insight is shattering.

You had me today.

You coulda shut me down,

but you blinked. Mm?

Well, we were only sparring, buddy.

Thinking like that

is exactly why you lost. Take this.

No, it's yours.

No, take it. Ifyou didn't give it everything

you've got, I don't want it.

- Go ahead.

- No, it really is yours.

I took it out ofyour wallet

while you were in the shower.

- General.

- General.

Major, were you recently promoted past me?

No, sir.

Then, why are you smoking

in my briefing room?

Uh... Sorry about that, sir.

That'll never happen again.

Sit.

You take off in the Stealth at 0-dark.30.

Fly a simulated low-level border penetration.

Nap ofthe earth.

Usual... Scare the cows, wake the farmers.

Not tonight, buddy.

We're flying the B-3 with two live nukes.

Palmdale's concerned about...

..low-level gamma and x-ray diffusion

on the peripherals.

They want to send up a couple pre-dawn.

See if anything glows.

Big ones. 83s.

Phew! Crowd pleasers.

(chuckles)

- How's your head?

- It's all right. I'll be fine.

- I'm sorry about that.

- Don't worry. I'll get you back.

Ah! Now you're dreaming!

After you, Major.

You know, these exercises are fantastic.

When we have to go to war against Utah,

we are really gonna kick ass!

Ground control. Ready for roll-out.

Park ranger!

I'd like to speak to you about this campfire!

- I'll go.

- No, Wanda, you stay put.

Yeah, I know...

No wood fires in the park.

But Wanda has a cold

and I want to keep her warm.

Sir, have you seen any other hikers

or campers in this area?

Not this time ofyear.

Say, what's the fine for this?

Pretty steep.

- Aargh!

- (woman) Oh!

Aagh!

Secured.

Jesus Christ!

Drag him outta there!

We'll be smelling that all night.

(Hale) Climb heading 2-8-7.

Flight level 2-0-0.

That's 2-8-7. 2-0-0.

(Hale) I don't think that Aurora project

will happen for me.

Your buddy Taylor said

I don't have enough fighter time to qualify.

What did you say to him?

- "Thank you, sir. Goodbye."

- You'll never change, will you?

And that, my friend, will be your downfall.

- You know what your problem is?

- Yeah. I'm always right.

- You thinkyou're always right.

- That's deep.

You said yourself

you should have made colonel.

But you're always pushing at everybody.

Well...

That's an awesome responsibility, isn't it?

McMurran Control, this is Ghost-7.

Colonel! You boys in Utah stillawake?

Copy, Major Deakins.

We're ready and waiting.

Be advised we're gonna catch your butts

this morning and bite down hard!

You may pass that along

to Captain Hale with my compliments.

Ooh! Wilkins is giving us attitude!

You wanna take it through?

Tell him I'm gonna fly this thing

in one ear and out the other.

He won't even know we were there!

Copy, Colonel.

Hale says if anyone can catch us,...

..you can.

And everyone get a fix!

They're about to turn out the lights!

Ready, Captain?

On your command, Major.

Go to war.

Initiating Stealth mode.

River valley approach, here we go.

Colonel, they've gone to Stealth mode.

We lost them on the radar!

Anybody still holding? Anybody?

- Capture on their heat signature, sir.

- Good.

They may be running cold,

but the air is colder.

Good man, Frenchy. I like that.

(Deakins) Descend to 400 feet AGL.

Altimeter setting 3-0-0-1.

(Hale) Airspeed .7 Mach.

Nap ofthe earth, here we go.

(radio) Terry? You been through

the Needles entrance tonight?

- No. Why?

- Mrs Parkerjust called.

Oh, God! What is it this time?

Another UFO?

- Or did Elvis drop by for dinner?

- She didn'tmention him,...

..but she saidsome trucks went through

the Needles entrance an hourago.

She thought theylookedsuspicious.

Clyde, what exactly

does a suspicious truck look like?

I don'tknowandlhave no idea!

Me neither!

Yeah, the thing is though,

she said one ofthe trucks was ours.

You're the only one out there tonight,

so ifit wasn'tyou...

She was probablyjust hallucinating.

Don't worry, I'll check it out.

(bleeping)

- Lost 'em.

- Damn!

Come on, keep hunting. Keep hunting!

We're below their eyes and ears.

Proceed to primary target.

Descending to 200 feet.

Ridge coming up in six seconds.

I got it.

Whoo! Very nicely done!

Excellent.

- Switching to autopilot.

- Almost as good as me.

I left a few trees behind.

I'll try to do better next time.

You love this sh*t, don't you?

Where else can you fly a $2 billion plane...

..800 miles per hour

Well, that is a fact. That is a fact.

You're in for life, huh?

As long as they'll have me. Aren't you?

No, no, no, no. I don't think so.

I mean, come on...

You even said it yourself.

I should be colonel by now.

Instead, idiots like Boone become general.

- Boone is not such a bad guy.

- Oh, come on!

If a thought goes through his head,

it's the quickest trip in America!

(both chuckle)

Nah...

Flying doesn't mean

what it used to mean to me.

No, not the flying. Carrying the nukes.

I know you love

having the power of God at your fingertips.

You get off on it.

Look out your window.

There's something wrong

with the terrain following.

Shouldn't that starboard ridge

be on our port side?

(alarm buzzing)

Here she comes.

(Hale) No!

What are you doing?

Clyde, I'm looking at halfthe valley

and nothing's going...

Holy sh*t!

- I got 'em!

- (cheering)

McMurran!

This is Deakins!

Hale's lost it! I'm punching out!

Oh, sh*t!

Get me Search and Rescue!

We got pilots down!

The plane crashed 18 minutes ago.

The White House Chief of Staff

is on his way up.

Good morning, gentlemen!

So, do I wake the President?

- Bill.

- Jack.

Well, what have we got?

We're going out with this.

Rick's team prepared it.

The United States AirForce

regrets to announce that early this morning...

..a C-141 heavy-lift cargo plane went down...

..over the Utah desert. Crewstatus

has yet to be determined. Yadda yadda...

Well, that's very nice bullshit, Rick.

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Graham Yost

Graham John Yost (born September 5, 1959) is a Canadian film and television screenwriter. His best-known works are the films Speed, Broken Arrow, and Hard Rain and the TV series Justified. In 2002, he created the widely acclaimed, yet short-lived drama series Boomtown. He has also written for the television series Herman's Head and Band of Brothers. He also created the short-lived NBC drama Raines. Yost teamed up with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, along with two of his fellow Boomtown writers Michelle Ashford and Larry Andries, to write and direct episodes of the HBO miniseries The Pacific. Yost is the creator and executive producer of the FX series Justified, and an executive producer on the FX show The Americans. more…

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