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Blown Away movie storyline. Jimmy Dove works for the bomb squad in Boston and he is always the one who is on the tough jobs. One day he decides to quit the force and to become a teacher for the rookies of the squad. A few days later his former partner is killed by a bomb and Jimmy becomes suspicious that maybe this bomb could have been built by a former friend of himself. He begins to investigate and finds out that his worst nightmare has returned from his past.
Blown Away is a 1994 action thriller film starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges, Forest Whitaker, Stephi Lineburg, John Finn, Caitlin Clarke, Christofer de Oni and Lucinda Weist. It was directed by Stephen Hopkins.
About the Story
Irish terrorist Ryan Gaerity (Tommy Lee Jones) escapes from his cell in a castle prison in Northern Ireland, killing a guard and his cellmate in the process, after turning a toilet into a bomb. In Boston, Lt. Jimmy Dove (Jeff Bridges) is a veteran member of the police force’s bomb squad, on the verge of retirement and helping to train newer recruits. Dove hides that he is really Liam McGivney, a former member of a Northern Ireland terrorist cell.
He had been friends with Gaerity, but when Gaerity tried to set off a bomb that would have killed numerous civilians, he interceded, ending in the death of his girlfriend, who was also Gaerity’s sister, and leading to Gaerity’s imprisonment. Devastated, McGivney had moved to Boston and took on a new identity, hoping to find atonement in saving others by defusing bombs. Only Dove’s uncle Max O’Bannon (Lloyd Bridges) is aware of his past and expresses his desire for Dove to retire early, having clearly shown his atonement.
Gaerity makes his way to Boston, taking residence in an abandoned casino boat, and tracks down Dove. He takes a job as a janitor at the police station to learn more about Dove’s present life and his co-workers. Gaerity sets up bombs specifically designed to kill the defusers, which kill three of Dove’s team members.
Dove receives a call from Gaerity and realizes that his wife Kate (Suzy Amis) and daughter are in danger. He explains his true past to them, and convinces them to go into hiding at a nearby beach house. A member of Dove’s squad, rookie technician Anthony Franklin (Forest Whitaker), who has linked Dove’s former life to Gaerity, is safely rescued from another bomb planted by Gaerity with Dove’s aid, and promises Dove any assistance he can offer.
Max decides to try to stop Gaerity himself, trying to get close to him at an Irish bar, but instead ends up captured by him, and latched into a makeshift bomb. Dove tracks down Max, and goes to retrieve his tools, but Max, realizing that Gaerity had created the bomb to kill both of them, intentionally triggers the bomb while Dove is away, sacrificing himself. In analyzing the bomb’s debris, Dove finds a roulette ball that points to the abandoned ship, where he finds Gaerity.
Gaerity reveals that he has set up another bomb in Kate’s car and activates its arming mechanism before engaging with Dove in a large mêlée fight throughout the booby-trapped ship, which has been rigged to blow up in a few minutes. Dove gains the upper hand, but Gaerity handcuffs himself to him, preventing him from leaving. Dove is saved by Franklin at the last second, who had followed Dove to the ship, and the two escape in time before the ship explodes, killing Gaerity in the process.
Blown Away (1994)
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Suzy Amis, Lloyd Bridges, Forest Whitaker, Stephi Lineburg, John Finn, Caitlin Clarke, Christofer de Oni, Lucinda Weist
Screenplay by: John Rice, Joe Batteer, Jay Roach
Production Design by: John Graysmark
Cinematography by: Peter Levy
Film Editing by: Tim Wellburn
Costume Design by: Joe I. Tompkins
Set Decoration by: Peg Cummings, Bobbie Frankel
Art Direction by: Steve Cooper, Lawrence A. Hubbs
Music by: Alan Silvestri
MPAA Rating: R for violence and some language.
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release Date: July 1, 1994
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