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Blown Away is a 1994 action film starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Lloyd Bridges, and Forest Whitaker.
Ryan Gaerity, a deranged Irish terrorist, escapes from a Northern Ireland prison to take revenge on Liam McGivney, a fellow member of Gaerity’s cell who, when trying to stop Gaerity from detonating a bomb near several civilians, caused the death of the rest of the cell, including McGivney’s girlfriend who was also Gaerity’s sister. McGivney fled to Boston and took up the name Jimmy Dove. As penance, Dove became a member of the bomb squad. The only one who knows the truth is his uncle Max O’Bannon. Dove marries Kate and decides to retire when Gaerity begins setting up bombs that kill the defuse, forcing Dove into a deadly confrontation with his former comrade.
- Ax Crazy: Gaerity is a complete loon.
- Anyone Can Die
- Black Best Friend: Blanket and Anthony Franklin.
- Black Dude Dies First: Blanket is the first bomb squad member killed by Gaerity’s bomb.
- Death by Irony: Subverred by Bama, who dismisses his wife’s horoscopes only to be called to a bomb site resembling said horoscope. Dove just lets him leave.
- Sacrificial Lamb: Blanket.
- Sacrificial Lion: Max.