Broken Arrow . Tucson Weekly . 02-22-96

Broken Arrow

DIRECTED BY: John Woo

REVIEWED: 02-22-96

It's good guys against bad in this zippy action flick from acclaimed Hong Kong director John Woo. John Travolta plays an appealingly evil nuclear weapons thief trying to waste the world for fun and profit while Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis do their spunky best to stop him. Travolta's giddy, over-the-top performance along with Woo's creative, reckless directorial style raise Broken Arrow above the humdrum predictability of most action flicks. (The opening boxing sequence alone is worth the price of admission.) Once the initial dose of characterization is administered, the plot just whizzes along, punctuated by regular explosions. Don't expect to have your moral and intellectual horizons broadened; do expect to be entertained.

--Stacey Richter

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