usually i be the first person to label this sort of movie . look at it and you would think it be bad . it get the usual assortment of action movie clichés and convention . the john woo direct action scene stretch over the top at time and there the mentally unstable talkative nemesis and yes even one of those bomb that grace u with a digital readout . all prerequisite for movie of this type and say all that i would usually be complain by now . yet for one reason i can not . this movie entertain me . it find a way to come together in a really enjoyably manner and i be happy with what i get . i can not bad mouth it . nothing get in my way of everlasting enjoyment of see people die and bomb go off and the baritone guitar instrumental . it just all click from the get go . if your reading this you do not need me to recycle the plot summary . it of a trivial nature . good action and decent cast and a fun atmosphere go a long way with travolta ultimately hold it all together . he play his role over the top and deliver some fantastic line . it doesn not hurt that him and slater tango well neither . if travolta attempt this movie now instead of when he do it wouldn not work . he do too many goody goody roles to come back down to this . law of nature will not allow him to make another good movie where he play a bad guy . chance be anyone else than travolta in broken arrow and you would be read a completely different review right now too . a guilty pleasure if there ever be one .