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Line 4: {{quote\|''"Would you ''mind'' not shooting at the ''thermonuclear weapons''?"''\|Vic Deakins}} A movie in which USAF pilot Major Vic "Deak" Deakins ([[John Travolta]]) [[Empty Quiver\|steals a nuclear weapon]] to ransom back to the U.S. He steals two, and detonates one underground to prove he's not afraid to detonate it. Captain Riley Hale ([[Christian Slater]]) and Park Ranger Terry Carmichael ([[Samantha Mathis]]) team-up to stop Deak. The term "Broken Arrow" is US military jargon for a nuclear weapons accident. This is actually an "[[Empty Quiver]]" made to look like one. [[Fanon Discontinuity\|Ignoring]] the [[~~Jon~~Jean Claude Van Damme]] Ego Trip that was ''[[Hard Target]]'', this film was western cinema's first proper introduction to [[John Woo]]'s [[Heroic Bloodshed]] genre of film, the popularity of which is cemented one year later in 1997 by [[Face Off]], also by John Woo and starring John Travolta. {{tropelist}}▼ ▲{{tropelist}} * [[Actor Allusion]] - This isn't the first time that [[Pump Up the Volume\|Slater and Mathis]] have teamed up. * [[Ax Crazy]] - Vic Deakins. Line 31: * [[Large Ham]] - John Travolta is having the time of his life with Deak. * [[Made of Iron]] - Almost the entire cast, with one exception. Kelly hurts his hand hitting the side of a tunnel while shooting at a helicopter, and clearly gives a shout of pain. Kinda surprising, considering that Kelly is played by Howie Long, who played pro football for over 10 years, and would be the cast member with the highest tolerance to pain. ** He's thus also the one most likely to know how much broken fingers hurt (hint: [[Understatement\|a lot]]). * [[Mexican Standoff]] - Hale with a gun, and Terry with a knife. ** [[Lampshaded]] by Hale: "This isn't a standoff, lady, I've got the gun!" Terry counters that [[It Works Better with Bullets\|she never keeps it loaded]]. Line 38 ⟶ 39: * [[New Old West]] * [[Not with the Safety On, You Won't]] - Terry Carmichael successfully pulls this on Hale. * [[Pin -Pulling Teeth]] - One of Deak's mooks does this due to one of his arms being all shot to hell. * [[Stop Helping Me!]] - As the page quote attests to, Deak would very much like for you to stop shooting at the thermonuclear weapons. * [[Stuff Blowing Up]] Line 54 ⟶ 55: {{reflist}} [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] ~~[[Category:Broken Arrow 1996]]~~ [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Broken Arrow (1996 film)]]