christian slater star a riley hale and an air force pilot who find himself the only able to take back a nuclear weapon from vic deakins ( a shamelessly hammy john travolta ) . seem that deakins be out to launch it due to him be pass up for promotion and the like . of course aid our hero be samantha mathis who be a park ranger . the problem with broken arrow be that it be too hollywoodized for john woo to really work with . the premise have be do so many time that even john woo approach seem mundane . sure there be some moment that excite and woo craft some decent suspense among the action sequence but generally you get the feeling you have see it before and basically it be all half hearted . bad of all be that it have howie long who be quite simply terrible in the role a head mercenary . the character themselves never engage and really the movie never build enough momentum . certainly in comparison to woo hk work and even his work in hard target and broken arrow be nothing but a gigantic disappointment . out of 4 ( fair ) .