Review of Broken Arrow (1996) by Popcorn55 — 06 Jan 2018

This is just a tall, tall tale about two friends, two nuclear warheads, a plane, a train, and a whole lot of chasing, fighting, and shooting. It doesn't take itself seriously, and neither should anybody else.

If you accept it on those terms, as pure entertainment, which is all it intends to be, it's delightful! This timeless tale of loose nukes, smirking heroes, and cheerful villains on the rampage could be told around a campfire by an old guy strumming a guitar, for a friendly audience who don't mind at all if it's a bit over-the-top.

We, the popcorn people, are that audience, and this movie is that campfire legend -- the legend of crazy Deke and the B83 nukes. (And there actually is one hell of a guitarist on the soundtrack - the legendary Duane Eddy, who provides the perfect tall-tale gravitas at just the right places.