Forest Whitaker, Jeff Bridges, Lloyd Bridges

Before he made the man-eating lion thriller The Ghost and the Darkness and the special- effects-laden Lost in Space, director Stephen Hopkins helmed this ludicrous and critically panned ...( read more  read more... )thriller pitting a cop on the Boston Police bomb squad (Jeff Bridges) against a mad Irish bomber (Tommy Lee Jones) who's still holding a grudge from their early years in the Irish Republican Army. A showcase for the explosive skills of demolitions experts, Blown Away has got some impressive action sequences, although the story is somewhat convoluted and mean-spirited. Suzy Amis (Titanic) costars as Bridges's endangered girlfriend, who becomes a target of Jones's destructive scheme. --Jeff Shannon

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R, 121 min.

Directed by: Stephen Hopkins

Release Date: July 1, 1994

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DVD Release Date: May 15, 2001

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  • October 29, 2009
    Not bad at all. The soundtrack was filled with U2 songs and it was quite fun to watch someone in the cast sing and 'dance' to it.

    Tommy Lee Jones plays the role of the mad Irish bomber who just got out of prison and has decided to target members of the Boston Police bomb squad,...( read more) it just so happens that Jeff Bridges is about to retire from the bomb squad and settle down. Forest Whitaker plays the fresh, cocky sob in the bomb disarmament unit.

    An ok action flick riddled with just enough rubes, clues and explosions. Superb acting from Tommy Lee and Jeff Bridges.

    Everyone loves a hero. But who is it gonna be? ;)
  • September 24, 2009
    Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker and Bridges & Son performances make it a worth while watch!
  • February 19, 2008
    Excellent action thriller starring Tommy Lee Jones as wonderfully crazy bomber and Jeff Bridges as bomb squad member with a past. While the mad bomber is taking out one after another of the hero's squad team with some really mean explosive devices the main character is struggling...( read more) with his history. Sure, there are some stereotypes about Irish people in America covered here and not all characters are as round and interesting but it's still pretty damn exciting to follow the bomber's path of destruction. The showdown on an old casino ship is simply spectacular. One of the most exciting action thrillers of the 90s with a pretty good soundtrack, too.
  • December 30, 2006
    Ineptly directed tosh that's strictly film-making by numbers, populated with stereotypes and laughable oirish accents. A box of fireworks would have considerably greater entertainment value.
  • July 25, 2006
    This movie is undderated - stuff the critics - Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones are aces!! And for U2 fans: the soundtrack of the movie has U2'z the Joshua Tree running right through it!!! Talk about a superb soundtrack....
  • September 22, 2009
    Where was I when this movie came out? To me a hidden all star film. This Movie is loaded with Stars, Jeff and Lloyd Bridges a father and son team from Ireland, Jeff is a ex IRA Bomber who is now on Boston's Bomb Squad, Until bad guy Tommy Lee Jones shows up, and he plays the expe...( read more)rt bomb maker who is crazy and after Jeff Bridges for past wrongs. Forest Whitaker plays a new member of the bomb squad who sits around and figures just whets up with Jeff and what it is he's hiding from his past. Suzy Amis plays Jeff?s new wife and has come along way from her starting role in Miami Vice. Full of action, chase scenes and thrills, my only question how did they run electricity to a abandon ship ????? Still no less then 5 stars.
  • September 16, 2009
    An underrated fun and smart action-packed thriller. Both Bridges and Tommy-Lee Jones are amazing.

    55/100
  • August 8, 2009
    passava sempre no sbt, acho legal
  • July 29, 2009
    Awesome movie Tommy Lee Jones pulls off an amazing role as the villian while Jeff Bridges the heroic hero great emoticon put into his rule love the film now i gotta buy it!
  • July 20, 2009
    A decent cop thriller about a bomb expert whose past comes back to haunt him and his family. This is my favorite movie starring Jeff Bridges. Tommy Lee Jones plays a great villain. And he nails the Irish accent.It was also great to see Lloyd Bridges get in this film with his son ...( read more)before he died. The film has a good solid story and great action scenes. Well worth checking out.

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