Blown Away | Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones

Blown Away | Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones | Underrated action thriller

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Blown Away

	Blown Away Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones MGM (Video & DVD), 1995 average customer review:based on 33 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Jeff Bridges and Academy Award(r) winner* Tommy Lee Jones light a fuse under this action-packed, "tension-filled, edge-of-the-seat thriller which will hold you hostage for 120 electrifying minutes" (Louis B. Hobson, The Calgary Sun). Fueled with dynamic support by Lloyd Bridges (theHot Shots movies), Forest Whitaker (Species) and Suzy Amis (The Usual Suspects), Blown Away "is the action film you don't want to miss" (Mark McEwen, "CBS This Morning"). When an explosion jolts Boston, bomb squad expert Jimmy Dove (Bridges) is thrust into the most harrowing work of his career. Evidence points to a bomber more dangerous and skilled than any he's ever facedexcept one. The possibility that the terrorist is his former mentor (Jones) increases the stakesand as his friends and family are unsuspectingly drawn into the action, Jimmy is forced to face not only his bitter enemy...but also his haunting past. *1993: Supporting Actor,The Fugitive

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DVD movie: BLOWN AWAY

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Underrated action thriller

Liam McGivney (Bridges) never intended to bomb civilian targets when he joined the IRA. When his friend, Ryan Gaerity (Jones) goes out of control, McGivney escapes to America and changes his name to Jimmy Dove. He's married now and has a family. After a long career defusing bombs, he's retiring and planning to teach.

Unfortunately, Gaerity has other plans. He's bent on revenge against his old protege and he's going to kill everything that McGivney loves.

This is one of both Bridges' and Jones' most powerful roles. The effects, music, and acting are all stunning. I don't know how I missed this film, being a Tommy Lee Jones fan from way back, but this is one of the best I have seen. If you enjoy fast-paced, character based action films, you might just be blown away by this film.

Rebecca Kyle, September 2008

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Very Deep.

My philosophy in life is a little boom doesn't hurt anyone! as long as we stay clear...!

If you like explosions and don't think too hard about the ease of the bombings, then you will enjoy it

While this movie is intense, it suffers from the serious flaw that a known mad bomber is able to move easily throughout Boston. Tommy Lee Jones plays an IRA (Irish Republican Army) bomber that has just managed to break out of prison. Jeff Bridges plays a former fellow IRA bomber who broke with the IRA and is now part of the bomb disposal squad in the Boston police department. He has taken the new name of Jimmy Dove and has not informed his wife or employer that he is a former member of the IRA. Lloyd Bridges as a relative of Jimmy's and Forest Whitaker as a fellow member of the Boston bomb squad fill supporting roles.
The action is intense at times as the Jones character is truly a mad bomber and he can build a bomb out of almost anything. A tension meter is clicking louder as Jimmy's wife moves through their house after Jones has been in it, opening things, firing up the gas stove, turning on lights, doing all of the things that one does. Since each could be the trigger for the bomb, you edge closer to the edge of your seat as she completes one action after another.
All of this goes over the top at the end when the Jones character uses an elaborate Rube Goldberg device to execute a self-destruct mechanism in his place of residence. It seems to serve no useful purpose other than to provide enough time for the struggle between Jimmy and the Jones character to run its' lengthy course.
If you like things exploding all the time and are willing to suspend a bit of disbelief over the ease with which the Jones character manages to put bombs in any place he chooses, then you will enjoy this movie. Absent that, you will probably engage in too much disbelief to take it completely seriously.

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