Flight of Black Angel Page #4

Synopsis: A top US Air Force fighter pilot decides that his call sign of Black Angel means that he's a messenger of God. Freely committing murders as he goes, he steals a nuclear weapon and his plane. Taking a family hostage to help him, he works on bypassing the bomb's security lockouts so he can use it on the most sinful of American cities.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Director(s): Jonathan Mostow
Production: Trimark
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
R
Year:
1991
102 min
60 Views


REQUEST UPDATE, OVER.

NEGATIVE, ASPEN-1.

NO SIGHTINGS.

WE'RE COMPILING DATA

FROM LOCAL POLICE

THROUGHOU THE TARGET ZONE.

MOVING TO GREAT HOTEL 6.

ASPEN-1 OUT.

[WHIMPERS]

GET UP.

WE'VE GOTTA FIND

A TOWN.

NOT HIM. JUST YOU

AND THE BABY.

UH, YESTERDAY,

RICHARD AND I:

PASSED A TOWN:

ABOUT 20 MILES

FROM HERE.

GARRISON, I THINK.

WE WERE ON OUR WAY

TO LAS VEGAS.

[BABY COOING]

THAT WON'T BE THERE

MUCH LONGER.

WHAT?

PULL OVER.

PULL OVER.

[VOMITING]

WHAT'S WRONG?

NOTHIN'.

YOU, UH...

KNOW HOW:

TO HOLD A BABY.

YEAH, I HAD

A LITTLE BROTHER.

YEAH?

THIS IS A MISTAKE.

WHAT?

MAKING A BABY.

MAKING MORE OF US.

IT'S WRONG.

HE'S SO CLEAN.

YES.

HE IS.

IT WON'T LAST.

HE'LL BE POISONED.

WELL...

WE, UH, TALKED

A LOT ABOUT THAT.

BRINGING A BABY:

INTO A WORLD:

THAT'S FALLING APAR LIKE THIS.

YEAH, BUT YOU

DID IT ANYWAY.

GO ON, KEEP DRIVING.

[WHISPERING]

Wait at the counter.

Don't talk

to anyone.

[CASH REGISTER BEEPING]

UM, DO YOU TAKE

TRAVELER'S CHECKS?

YEP.

AND PUT YOUR:

DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER

ON THE BACK.

[COUGHING]

YOU'RE SICK.

YOU NEED:

SOME MEDICINE.

WE PASSED A PHARMACY

BACK THERE.

I'M FINE. I NEED

TO GET BACK TO WORK.

WHAT IS I THAT'S WRONG

WITH YOUR PLANE?

NOTHING.

MY PLANE IS FINE.

WELL, THEN WHAT ARE

YOU WORKING ON?

FOR CHRIST'S SAKE,

SHUT UP!

PLEASE--

SHUT UP!

[BABY CRYING]

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I NEED SOMETHING.

TURN AROUND.

[CASH REGISTER BEEPING]

UM, TRAVELER'S

CHECKS OK?

Pharmacist:
UH-HUH.

THERE YOU GO.

30, 40, AND 50.

LET'S GO.

THANK YOU.

WHAT DID:

HE DO TO YOU?

[BABY WHIMPERS]

NOTHING.

IT'S OK.

WHO THE HELL:

ARE YOU?!

RICHARD, DON'T.

HOW LONG IS THIS

GONNA GO ON?

TILL IT'S OVER.

TILL IT ALL STOPS.

TILL I MAKE IT STOP.

OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE,

WHY DON'T YOU

JUST LET US GO?

WE WON' TELL ANYBODY

WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I'M BRINGING 'EM

THE LIGHT.

THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN.

WHAT ARE YOU:

TALKING ABOUT?

BRINGING:

WHO THE LIGHT?

THE DISEASED.

THE UNCLEAN.

THE CORRUPT.

THE LIARS.

ALL THE DIRTY:

SONS OF B*TCHES.

[BOMB BEEPS]

JESUS, I KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

MASSACHUSETTS:

LICENSE PLATE.

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOTS]

[BABY CRYING]

[GUNSHOTS]

GO, GO!

[GUNFIRE]

[GUNSHOT]

AAH!

[GUNSHOT]

RICHARD!

[GUNSHOT]

OH, GOD.

Valerie:
UHH!

[BABY CRYING]

[BABY CRYING]

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

NOTHING:

FROM THE AWACS.

THAT MEANS HE'S

STILL ON THE GROUND.

THESE ARE NEW.

THE ONE IN COLORADO

IS A FALSE ALARM.

IT WAS A FOILED ROBBERY.

THE GUY JUST HAPPENED

TO LOOK LIKE GORDON.

SACRAMENTO, THAT'S

A CRASHED HANG-GLIDER.

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?

THAT'S AN ABORTED

C.B. COMMUNICATION

OF SOME KIND.

SOMETHING:

ABOUT A LANDING.

PROBABLY A UFO NUT.

WAIT A SECOND.

WAIT A SECOND.

THIS SAME AREA REPORTED

A HOSTAGE SITUATION.

ANY RESOLUTION?

LOCAL COPS INVESTIGATED,

BUT THEY HAVEN' REPORTED IN YET.

THAT'S THE BEST SHO WE'VE GOT SO FAR.

IT'S ONLY A COUPLE

OF HUNDRED MILES.

I WANT TO CHECK IT OUT.

MATT...

YOU'VE GOTTA TAKE

A COUPLE STEPS BACK

FROM THIS ONE.

LOOK, I KNOW

YOU FEEL RESPONSIBLE,

BUT YOU CAN' HANDLE IT ALL YOURSELF.

GORDON HAS:

KILLED PEOPLE...

THAT I CARED ABOUT.

JESUS CHRIST, MATT.

HE BOMBED THE HELL

OUT OF MY GODDAMN AIR BASE.

DON'T YOU THINK

I WANT THE BASTARD'S ASS

AS MUCH AS YOU DO?

EMOTIONS ONLY MAKE

YOU SLOPPY, MATT.

NOW, THIS IS

A MILITARY OPERATION,

NOT A PERSONAL VENDETTA.

WILL THAT BE ALL?

YES.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

UHH.

OH.

[BABY CRIES]

IT'S OK.

IT'S OK.

[WIRES BUZZ]

[BOMB BEEPS]

[BEEPING]

[BABY CRYING]

[AIR HOSE HISSES]

[BUZZING]

[BABY CRYING]

UHH!

UHH!

OH, GOD.

UHH! UHH!

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Truck driver:

HEY, LADY!

YOU ALL RIGHT?

WE SHOULD MAKE GARRISON

IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.

DID SHE SAY WHO DID IT?

MM-HMM.

RIGHT. WELL, UM--

THE SHERIFF'S

NOT AVAILABLE:

AT THE MOMENT,

BUT WE'LL SEND

SOMEONE AROUND.

THANKS FOR CALLING.

SO?

THAT WAS THE HOSPITAL

IN MILFORD.

THEY GO A GUNSHOT VICTIM.

A WOMAN WITH A BABY.

ANYTHING ELSE?

APPARENTLY,

SHE'S BEEN BABBLING

ABOUT A BOMB:

OR SOMETHING.

Nurse on P.A.:

DR. COLLINS TO O.R. STAT.

Valerie:
JAMES.

WHERE'S JAMES?

YOUR BABY'S FINE.

WE'LL TAKE CARE

OF HIM UNTIL YOU'RE

OUT OF SURGERY.

NO. SOMEBODY'S GO TO STOP HIM.

HE HAS A BOMB.

I--I SAW IT.

IT'S OK.

I'M NOT CRAZY.

Doctor:
CHECK THE I.V.

WAIT!

IS THAT VALERIE DWYER?

Nurse:

NO VISITORS NOW!

THE BOMB.

TELL ME ABOUT THE BOMB.

Nurse:
WHAT DO YOU

THINK YOU'RE DOING?

TALK TO ME!

SHE HAS TO SPEAK TO ME!

HE'S THE LIGHT.

HE--HE'S GONNA

DESTROY THEM.

THE PILOT,

EDDIE GORDON.

HER PULSE IS:

DROPPING, DOCTOR.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS?

WE WERE ON OUR WAY

TO VEGAS.

EXCUSE ME!

IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE.

HE'S DESTROYED THEM.

OK, JUST RELAX.

Ryan:
CLOSE EVERY AIRPOR WITHIN 200 MILES

OF LAS VEGAS.

GROUND ANYTHING:

THAT FLIES.

THE ONLY THING:

IN THE AIR SHOULD BE

THE 34th AND 421st

TAC SQUADRONS.

YOU CAN'T BE SURE

HE'S COMING TO VEGAS.

Ryan:
ARE YOU WILLING

TO GAMBLE HE ISN'T?

MAKE THE CALL, BILL.

AND TELL THE 34th

I'LL BE DROPPING IN

TO HILL TO PICK UP

A PLANE.

I'M GONNA FLY LEAD.

Douglas:
HE'S NO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY ANYMORE.

Ryan:
NO, SIR,

HE IS MY RESPONSIBILITY.

AND I WANT HIM.

[PANEL BEEPS]

[TURBINE STARTS]

[BEEPS]

BEDFORD CONTROL,

THIS IS RINGLEADER.

I'M AIRBORNE.

COME IN, OVER.

ROGER, RINGLEADER.

THIS IS CONTROL.

LISTEN, YOU MAY NOT HAVE

TOO MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT.

OUR ADVISORS INSIS THAT IF THE PACKAGE

HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH,

IT WILL NOT DETONATE.

HE CAN DROP THE BOMB,

BUT WITHOUT A FUSE,

IT WILL NOT GO OFF.

WHAT IF HE'S NO GOING TO DROP IT?

WHAT IF HE'S THE FUSE?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

LET'S SAY

HE RIDES IT DOWN,

GOES KAMIKAZE,

BLOWS UP HIS PLANE.

A COUPLE OF HUNDRED POUNDS

OF JET FUEL:

MAKES A HELL OF A LO OF FIREWORKS.

IS THAT POSSIBLE?

CAN HE USE THE PLANE

TO DETONATE THE BOMB?

I DON'T--

HE WOULD HAD TO HAVE DONE

EXTENSIVE REWORKING

OF THE BOMB CIRCUITRY.

IS IT POSSIBLE?

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE.

RINGLEADER,

LISTEN TO ME.

YOU'VE GO TO KEEP HIM AWAY

FROM POPULATED:

AREAS.

REPEAT, AWAY FROM

POPULATED AREAS.

GETTING SHOT DOWN

MAY BE EXACTLY:

WHAT HE WANTS.

I COPY YOU, CONTROL.

PROCEEDING:

TO RENDEZVOUS POINT.

TANGO UNIFORM.

Ryan:
BLUE ZERO 4-FLIGHT,

THIS IS RINGLEADER.

WE ARE IN PURSUI OF AN F-21 MIRAGE,

AND HE IS HOSTILE.

HE WILL BE JAMMING

AND FLYING LOW:

ON HIS APPROACH,

SO KEEP YOUR HEADS

OUT AND CLEAR.

ALL COMMERCIAL AIR TRAFFIC

IN THE AREA HAS:

BEEN SUSPENDED.

WE ARE TO PURSUE

AND REPEL FROM THE CITY,

BUT NO SHOOTING.

I REPEAT--

DO NOT FIRE ON HIM.

RINGLEADER,

THIS IS FALCON ONE.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LO OF DOUBLE-TALK BACK AT BASE.

COULD YOU BE STRAIGH WITH US, SIR?

[SIGHS] ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE IN PURSUI OF A RENEGADE PILOT.

OUR BANDIT IS HOT.

SUSPECTED TARGE IS LAS VEGAS.

WE'RE DEALING WITH

A REAL SITUATION HERE.

AFFIRMATIVE,

FALCON ONE.

[GEIGER COUNTERS CLICK]

CONTROL:

TO RINGLEADER,

COME IN.

READ YOU, CONTROL.

HE WAS DEFINITELY

IN GARRISON, UTAH.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

PLUS AWACS:

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John Brancato

Michael Ferris (21 November 1931 – 20 March 2000) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served for more than twenty years as a member of the Oireachtas, as both a Senator and a Teachta Dála (TD). more…

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