Blown Away (1994)

Jimmy Dove werkt voor de bomb squad in Boston, en is degene die altijd met de lastige klusjes opgezadeld wordt. Op een dag besluit hij met z'n werk te stoppen om een leraar te worden in z'n vak. Zijn opvolger wordt echter na een paar dagen al gedood door een bom, en Jimmy krijgt het vermoeden dat deze bom misschien het werk kan zijn van een voormalig vriend van hem. Hij begint de zaak te onderzoeken.

Set MovieMeter.nl as default synopis Visit MM

Opening within one month from each other in 1994, Blown Away invited many comparisons to Speed. Both are pyrotechnical displays involving mad bombers and a multitude of flying building debris and body parts. The cop and the mad bomber in this one are Jimmy Dove (Jeff Bridges), a veteran of the Boston Bomb Squad planning to retire from the force, and Ryan Gaerity (Tommy Lee Jones), a revenge-crazed explosives expert who has recently escaped from a detention center in Northern Ireland. It seems that Gaerity is out to get Jimmy and has been nursing his grudge for the past twenty years. Back in his Irish past, Jimmy,...
Read more

then known as Liam, was a student of Gaerity, who constructed bombing devices for the IRA. But when Gaerity's bombing plans included the killing of innocent civilians, Liam opposed him and thwarted his efforts. As a result, Liam escaped to the United States to become Jimmy, and Gaerity was arrested and sent to prison. But now that Gaerity is out of jail, he is traveling to Boston to wreak havoc upon the city in revenge for what Jimmy has done to him. His plan is to create so many bombings in Boston that the bomb squad's strength will be depleted, allowing him to get to Jimmy and his family. The goal? Blowing up Jimmy's wife (Suzy Amis) and stepdaughter at a Boston Pops concert.
Read less..

Set AllMovie.com as default synopis Visit AM

An escaped Irish political prisoner and explosives expert terrorizes the city of Boston. A bomb squad expert and former friend of the mad bomber has to stop his vengeful rampage before his family and the whole city are...Blown Away.

Set jinni.com as default synopis Visit jinni.com