What exactly is wrong with the film Broken Arrow?

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#1  Edited By Rayfield
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#2  Edited By Rayfield


 
 
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#3  Edited By PrivateIronTFU

I hate Ain't It Cool News. Also, this is like the last halfway decent movie Slater was in before all his shit went straight to video.

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#4  Edited By teh_pwnzorer

Thanks for reminding me of Travolta and that movie... You also reminded me of Con Air and Face Off...BARF.

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Do Travolta and Slate box each other in the beginning?  I remember NOTHING about that movie.

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#6  Edited By IkariNoTekken

Really hated Broken Arrow but don't really have a single answer why. So all I'm gonna say is NO to answer L. Bullet in the Head as well as a few others prove John Woo can direct a fantastic movie without the skills of Chow Yun Fat. 

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#7  Edited By RankRabbit

And here I was expecting something about the 1950 film Broken Arrow starring James Stewart.

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#9  Edited By Toxin066

Samantha Mathis. 
 
But I still really enjoy the film. <_<

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#10  Edited By Rayfield
@Gooddoggy said:
"Do Travolta and Slate box each other in the beginning?  I remember NOTHING about that movie. "

Yep. They hit each other in the face with what appears to be the force of ten freight trains but then shake it off and immediately board a stealth bomber for a mission. I'm thinking that's probably not standard operating procedure.
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#11  Edited By PrivateIronTFU

You should do this same thing with Face/Off and Windtalkers. Let's take John Woo down a few more pegs!

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#12  Edited By SeriouslyNow
@PrivateIronTFU said:
" I hate Ain't It Cool News. Also, this is like the last halfway decent movie Slater was in before all his shit went straight to video. "
Uh...what?
 
"A Serious Man" is a Coen Brothers film.  It was released in theaters internationally in 2009 and reviewed very well.  Slater chose to move away from action blockbusters because of Broken Arrow.  Hollywood still likes the guy.
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#13  Edited By PrivateIronTFU
@SeriouslyNow: What the fuck are you talking about? That would mean something if Slater was actually IN 'A Serious Man', which he is not. I should know since I actually own that movie.
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#14  Edited By jakob187

What was wrong with Broken Arrow? 
 
Nothing.  Absolutely nothing. 
 
Something is wrong with all of you!

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#15  Edited By Yummylee

Haven't seen it, though I'm saddened at the hate being directed towards Face/Off T.T

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Wait. So this is the movie people mean when they talk about Broken Aroow? I always thought it was a Vietnam movie about a squad defending a base or something of that importance that gets into a no win situation and sends a broken arrow request to the HQ. I remember seeing it in the theatre and I think it was alright.

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#17  Edited By Rayfield
@extremeradical: 
 

THE FUCK YOU DOIN?
THE FUCK YOU DOIN?

SHUT DAT SUMBITCH DOWN!
SHUT DAT SUMBITCH DOWN!
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#18  Edited By IkariNoTekken
@PrivateIronTFU: Ha ha, he actually came forward and said that he regrets pretty much everything he did in the US, especially working with JCVD for Hard Target. Don't know about Face/Off though, that was both financially and critically successful and in my opinion the only film that shows signs of quality.
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#19  Edited By IkariNoTekken
@Abyssfull: Agreed, easily his best US film. Nothing compared to his HK stuff, but still a good film. 
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#20  Edited By Bloodgraiv3

It was just not a good movie. 
Not at all. 
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#21  Edited By PrivateIronTFU
@IkariNoTekken: No, I like Face/Off. I only mentioned that because other people on here seem to have only bad things to say about it.
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#22  Edited By IkariNoTekken
@PrivateIronTFU: Ah okay, that's cool. It does get some negative feedback every now and then, but I simply ignore it. I remember a fair percentage of critics having a good response for it when it was released and it earned a pretty good profit in the end. Certainly on another level to films like Paycheck, Broken Arrow and Hard Target. Those films have there followers but they seemed lacking to me, the acting wasn't great and Woo's trademark style seemed infrequent during the film, even non-existent at parts.
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#23  Edited By xaLieNxGrEyx

It's highly likely that it is slaters best movie
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#24  Edited By Rayfield
@IkariNoTekken: 
 
But dude! Hard Target has Van Damme standing on a motorbike and shooting dudes and then he jumps over the dudes car without dying and then he shoots the dudes and the dudes blow up!
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#25  Edited By SeriouslyNow
@PrivateIronTFU said:
" @SeriouslyNow: What the fuck are you talking about? That would mean something if Slater was actually IN 'A Serious Man', which he is not. I should know since I actually own that movie. "
Sorry, I meant "He Was a Quiet Man".  Also released internationally in theaters and also reviewed favourably.  I don't know why I got them confused, I own them both too.
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#26  Edited By jayjonesjunior

it's broken.

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Did a ChatGPT bot really revive a thread about Broken Arrow? The future rules, dude.

I was bummed Dan Ryckert didn't enjoy this one. I love this film. My favorite part is when Christian Slater does that absolutely ridiculous dive cradling the shotgun while firing it, the most unlikely action position I've seen on film. I love in David Foster Wallace movie (The Tour) There is a scene that is just him watching Broken Arrow and vibing with it. Like, heck ya man. Even the bots agree!

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I clicked on this hoping someone discovered this through recent Friends at the Table discourse, and my hopes were dashed. Austin’s quote during it absolutely sent me: “I haven’t seen [Broken Arrow] in at least 20 years. Actually, Art, we definitely watched it in college. …oh shit.”

Personally, I’ve only seen this movie once, in the way that God intended: channel surfing after an NFL game ended. It was perfectly fine.

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This is one spambot necro bump that I think we can all wholeheartedly support.

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I love this film