my take represent mindless and ball to the wall action thriller . grab on to that chair . break arrow may be require to take a deep long breath and because when it start and it a rip action pack joy ride complete with gun and explosion and action hero and great baddie and helicopter and jeep and chase and all under the great helm of hong kong action god john woo and here have a file day with special effect and stunt and style . it may be off on implausibility and but you would not need much to think about once the theater get dark . and when the theater do get dark and and the film start and the action just keep pour in . woo delivers style over substance ( there more action here than plot ) and but what style . this be one of the fine piece of action escapism in year and it also one of the most stylish one . john travolta and christian slater star a two military pilot who volunteer to transport two nuclear warhead via stealth bomber jet . turn out and the true reason be maj. deakins ( travolta ) and who be still in a grudge after be pass from promotion for a long time and be out to steal the two bomb and hold the for ransom . when he eject his partner capt . riley hale ( slater ) and crash the jet in the middle of the desert and hale be out to stop his old partner from detonate the nuclear bomb if his demand of a large amount of cash be meet . samantha mathis co star a a local sheriff terry carmichael who get catch up in the entire mess and and end up help hale out to stop deakins from go ballistic ( there be very few romantic in turn between the two and just for the good of it ) . the film run at 108 minute and and woo doesn not let thing up . there action here and action there . it wall to wall full of action and less plot in comparison . the film plot resemble that of the previous year hit speed and which may due to the writer be graham yost and who also write that recent blockbuster hit . but who care and both film take liberty from the die hard film and and they both turn up well . in the matter of execution and this derivative affair be bring with style and pure wall to wall action and thrill . and and under woo hand and the action be do with style and freshness . although with a large amount of violence and woo be the kind of action who treat them like paint in his canvas . action fan will be please by how who treat the heart pound excitement and pure action a his ballet . it action filmdom a a form of art . highly recommended . rating represent out of 5 .