Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow is a 1996 American action film directed by John Woo and starring John Travolta and Christian Slater.

Plot

Major Vic 'Deak' Deakins (John Travolta) and Captain Riley Hale (Christian Slater) are pilots in the United States Air Force. Early in the film, Deakins and Hale take off from Whiteman Air Force Base in a B-3 Bomber (a fictional advanced version of the actual B-2 Spirit stealth bomber) carrying two live nuclear weapons on an evening exercise over Utah.

During the flight, Deakins goes rogue and fights with Hale inside the cockpit, attempting to shoot him with his sidearm. After momentarily stunning Hale, Deakins ejects Hale from the cockpit, then releases the two nukes. Deliberately sabotaging the plane, Deakins notifies Colonel Max Wilkins (Delroy Lindo) that Hale 'lost it' before ejecting himself.

Natural preserve ranger Terry Carmichael, played by Samantha Mathis, finds Hale after seeing the pilot eject from the stricken aircraft. She is suspicious at first and pulls a revolver on the pilot. After a brief scuffle, Terry gives in and accepts Hale's story.

Deakins' plan is to detonate one of the weapons deep in an abandoned copper mine, then demand a ransom of $250 million to return the other, otherwise he will destroy Denver.

The race is now on to recover the bombs and stop Deakins. Hale knows Deakins better than anyone, but matching wits with a major strategist may be easier said than done.



PART 1
PART 2