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Synopsis
Hong Kong director John Woo's second U.S. film (his first was Hard Target) delivers a number of exciting action sequences but is let down by a credibility-straining plot. John Travolta plays Vic Deakins, an Air Force pilot on what is supposed to be a routine night flight mission with his co-pilot, the younger Riley Hale (Christian Slater), whom Deakins constantly kids for lacking the will to win. Deakins is actually a traitor who crashlands their Stealth Bomber in Death Valley so that he can steal two nuclear warheads onboard and sell them to terrorists who plan to blackmail the government. Deakins meets up with his cohorts, who have been waiting in the park, while Hale survives and teams up with a young, attractive park ranger (Samantha Mathis) to foil Deakins's plans. Plenty of action ensues, with car chases, collapsing mine shafts, fights on burning trains, and even the underground detonation of a nuclear device. Despite the script's implausibilities and inconsistencies, Woo amply displays the expertise with action sequences and man-to-man conflict that has made his Hong Kong films cult favorites.~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide
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  • Director:
    John Woo,
  • Writer:
    Graham Yost,
  • Producer:
    Bill Badalato, Terence Chang, Mark Gordon, Allison Lyon Segan,
  • Cinematographer:
    Peter Levy,
  • Editor:
    Joe Hutshing, John Wright, Steven Mirkovich,
  • Executive Producer:
    Michele Maples, Dwight H. Little, Brad Lewis, Joe Gareri, Christopher Godsick,
  • Cast:
    Frank Whaley, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Bob Gunton, John Travolta, Delroy Lindo,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Josh McLaglen,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Douglas A. Raine,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Douglas Dean III, Rocco Marra, Marcei A. Brown,
  • Co-Producer:
    Allison Lyon Segan,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    George Watters II,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Faith Conroy,
  • ADR Mixer:
    Thomas J. O'Connell,
  • Art Department Coordinator:
    Laura M. O'Brien,
  • Boom Operator:
    Earl Sampson, Jeffrey A. Williams,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Gary Deaton,
  • Construction Foreman:
    William Boyd,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Joan Kelley Bierman, Lisa A. Becker, Jason McGatlin,
  • Property Master:
    Don Miloyevich,
  • Sound Editor:
    Gary Wright, Andy Kopetzky, Jay Wilkinson, Teri E. Dorman, Frank Howard, F. Hudson Miller, Suhail Kafity, R.J. Palmer, Midge Costin,
  • Supervising ADR Editor:
    Juno J. Ellis,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Kevin Ishioka,
  • Still Photographer:
    Richard Foreman Jr.,
  • Set Decoration:
    Richard C. Goddard,
  • Foley Editor:
    Jim Likowski, Fred Burke, Matthew Harrison,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Hans Zimmer,
  • Music Editor:
    Sally Boldt, Adam Milo Smalley, Curtis Roush,
  • Seamstress:
    Marsha Barton,
  • Set Designer:
    Luis G. Hoyos, Gary Diamond, Jann K. Engel,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Brian Smrz, Allan Graf,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Sharon Ilson, Jeanne Van Phue, Kymbra Michelle, Michelle Bühler, Angela Nogaro,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Bill W. Benton, Chris Carpenter, Doug Hemphill,
  • ADR Editor:
    Denise Horta,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    Bill Badalato,
  • First Assistant 'A' Camera:
    Gregory W. Smith,
  • Screenplay:
    Graham Yost,
  • Stunts:
    Eugene Collier, Dane Farwell, Billy D. Lucas, Tim A. Davison, John Casino, Rick Avery, Marian Green, Joni Avery, Jophery C. Brown,
  • First Assistant 'B' Camera:
    Frederick Iannone,
  • Cableman:
    Peggy Names, Thomas Giordano,
  • B Camera Operator:
    Frank Perl,
  • Visual Effects Supervisor:
    Peter Crosman,
  • Special Effects Coordinator:
    Rick Thompson,
  • Visual Effects Editor:
    Martin November,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Dan Moore,
  • Foley Artist:
    Kevin Bartnof, Robin Harlan, Sarah Monat, Catherine Rowe,
  • Hairstylist:
    Susan V. Kalinowski, Lynda Kyle Walker, Colleen Callaghan,
  • Foley Mixer:
    Eric Gotthelf,
  • Visual Effects Producer:
    Susan Zwerman,
  • Production Accountant:
    Stevie Lazo,
  • Costume Design:
    Mary Malin,
  • Second Assistant 'A' Camera:
    Jorge Sánchez,
  • Compositors:
    John Bermudes,
  • Stunt Double:
    Danny Wynands, Joey Box,
  • Assistant Costume Designer:
    Melissa Berry,
  • Unit Publicist:
    Anne S. Reilly,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Maggie Ostroff, Chris Ingram, Marva Fucci,
  • Negative Cutter:
    Gary Burritt,
  • Second Unit Director:
    Gary Hymes,
  • Additional Director of Photography:
    Lloyd Ahern II,
  • Second Unit Director of Photography:
    Mike Benson,
  • Color Timer:
    Dennis McNeill,
  • Foley Supervisor:
    Victoria Martin,
  • Foley Recordist:
    Ron Grafton,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Chet Badalato,
  • Casting:
    Donna Isaacson,
  • ADR Recordist:
    Rick Canelli,
  • Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Bob Beemer, Gary Gegan,
  • Camera Loader:
    Brian Dzyak, Tony Chiu,
  • A Camera Operator:
    Mark Van Loon,
  • Second Assistant 'C' Camera:
    Jay Hager,
  • Key Makeup Artist:
    Sharon Ilson,
  • Art Direction:
    William F. O'Brien,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Barbara Dunning,
  • Gaffer:
    Jerry Solomon, Carl Boles,
  • Payroll Accountant:
    Liz Probst,
  • First Assistant 'C' Camera:
    Jack Ellingwood,
  • Production Design:
    Holger Gross,
  • ADR Voice Casting:
    Barbara Harris,
  • Second Assistant 'B' Camera:
    Tammy Fouts,
  • Sound Mixer:
    David M. Ronne,

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