Broken Arrow (1996 film)
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- This page refers to the 1996 Film "Broken Arrow". For other uses of the term, see Broken Arrow.
Broken Arrow is a 1996 American action motion picture starring John Travolta as Major Vic Deakins with Christian Slater as Captain Riley Hale trying to stop those who have stolen a nuclear weapon.
The screenplay was written by Graham Yost and was directed by John Woo. Broken Arrow was released on Friday, February 9, 1996 and although it was disappointing to die-hard fans of the director John Woo's other films, it was modestly successful.
One major factual innaccuracy is the description of the stealth bomber as the "B-3". This can only have been intentional as the B-2 Spirit entered service three years before the film was released; perhaps this is a reference to the much-talked about "secret" successor to the current Spirit bomber in service.
(tagline: "Prepare to Go Ballistic")
Memorable lines
"Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?"
"I don't know what scares me more--losing nuclear weapons, or that it happens so often you actually have a term for it."