john travolta the star of grease and pulp fiction play the bad guy and christian slater be the good guy and john woo directs . john woo have direct allot of japan ease action film and i believe this be his american debut . the film be pretty good and and keep you interested up until the very end . broken arrow be the term use to describe a nuclear device that have be lose . major deakins ( trovolta ) be a tough u. s. air force pilot who be assign to a flight mission with captain hale ( slater ) . they be to fly the b3 stealth bomber on war game maneuver over utah load with two live nuclear weapon . deakins and have be continually pass over for promotion and sell out his country and arranges to use the thermonuclear warhead under his command to blackmail the u. s. government . the only thing standing in his way be his old buddy and captain hale . most of the time and a phenomenally silly and goofy action movie that have expertly stag action scene ( the director be john woo and what do you expect . ) but absolutely nothing to stimulate the intellect . so it another movie that you turn off your brain to watch . if you would rather think and watch a more plot driven film try american beaty and fight club and the usuall suspect and the aviator and many more .