Defocused

Doing Nuclear Things With Bombs

·1 hr 29 min·5 clips
Joe and Dan dissect John Travolta's bizarre cigarette-holding technique in the mid-90s nuclear thriller 'Broken Arrow'.

As heard by us

A dry, technically alert teardown of Broken Arrow's action mechanics.

The episode frames Broken Arrow as a mid-90s action movie with a huge Pentagon-and-government backdrop that somehow shrinks into a personal fight between two co-workers.

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Why you'd press play

Press play for a gleeful autopsy of Broken Arrow's crane-assisted helicopter crash, Home Depot-looking ladder, and very dumb mid-90s action swagger.

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