“Blue
Thunder” is an action, crime, drama, written by Dan O'Bannon
and Don Jakoby and Directed by John Badham.
Los
Angeles Police pilot Frank Murphy (Roy Scheider) is chosen by Capt. Jack
Braddock (Warren Oates) as test pilot for an experimental police helicopter,
Blue Thunder, a specially modified, heavily armed helicopter designed to counter
street insurgencies.
Unfortunately,
his trainer for the trials is Col. F.E. Cochrane (Malcolm McDowell) with whom
he has issues dating back to their time in Vietnam which adds to the tension.
But
when Frank and his Observer, Officer Richard Lymangood (Daniel Stern) prepare
to put the aircraft through its paces they discover the sinister implications
of the new aircraft and the top-level conspiracy behind it, and with that
knowledge comes danger.
A
great movie of its time, although the technology dates it, but it is still very
watchable and among a very accomplished cast Candy Clark stands out above the
rest as Frank’s love interest, Kate.
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