“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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