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, 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.| Jeff Bridges | Jimmy Dove |
| Tommy Lee Jones | Ryan Gaerity |
| Lloyd Bridges | Max O'Bannon |
| Forest Whitaker | Anthony Franklin |
| Suzy Amis | Kate |
| Stephi Lineburg | Lizzy |
| Caitlin Clarke | Rita |
| John Finn | Capt. Roarke |
| Christofer de Oni | Cortez |
| Loyd Catlett | Bama |
| Josh McLaglen | Prison Guard |
| Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc | Helicopter Pilot |
| Allison Cowitt | |
| John Farrell | Wedding Band |
| Cuba Gooding, Jr. | |
| Brendan Burns | Kevin |
| Lucinda Weist | Nancy |
| Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Blanket |
| Ken Kerman | Prison Guard |
| Larry Reynolds | Wedding Band |
Genre/Type - Thriller, Police Detective Film, Action Thriller, Chase Movie
Produced by - MGM
Running time - 121 min.
Speed (1994, Jan de Bont)
Backdraft (1991, Ron Howard)
Ticker (2001, Albert Pyun)
Libera Me (2001, Yang Yun-ho)
Countdown (1996, Keoni Waxman)
The Specialist (1994, Luis Llosa, Dennis P. Maguire, Allan Graf)
Arlington Road (1999, Mark Pellington)
The Jackal (1997, Michael Caton-Jones)