Blue Thunder (Special Edition) |  | Director: John Badham
Actors: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, Paul Roebling
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.94
Buy Used: $2.49
as of 11/25/2009 09:53 CST details
You Save: $12.45 (83%)
New (40) Used (29) from $2.49
Seller: bjrysavy
Rating:  48 reviews
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D10888D
UPC: 043396108882
EAN: 0043396108882
Theatrical Release Date: May 13, 1983
Release Date: April 4, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Roy Scheider stars in this intense action thriller as a courageous police officer pilot battling government fanatics planning to misuse an experimental attack helicopter. Chosen to test BLUE THUNDER Frank Murphy (Scheider) is amazed by the high-speed high-tech chopper. It can see through walls record a whisper or level a city block. Distrusting the military mentality behind BLUE THUNDER Murphy and his partner Lymangood (Daniel Stern) soon discover that the remarkable craft is slated for use as the ultimate weapon in surveillance and crowd control. Jeopardized after being discovered by sinister Colonel Cochrane (Malcolm McDowell) Murphy flies BLUE THUNDER against military aircraft in a spellbinding contest over Los Angeles.System Requirements:Run Time: 109 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 043396108882 Manufacturer No: 10888
Amazon.com
"Suspense in a void" is how critic Pauline Kael described this action-packed hit from 1983. In other words, this is one of those flashy, superbly crafted high-tech thrillers in which the star is a machine, while intelligent plotting and human characters are a lesser priority. The machine in question is Blue Thunder--a heavily armored prototype helicopter that is secretly being tested for use in a devious government conspiracy. Roy Scheider plays the police pilot who catches on to the nefarious plot and takes to the skies against an evil army colonel (Malcolm McDowell) who will defend his coconspirators at any cost. Director John Badham was a hot property in the early '80s (he directed WarGames the same year), and Blue Thunder served as the popular model for many formulaic action thrillers to follow. That doesn't make it a great movie, but with a fine cast (including Daniel Stern in a memorable supporting role) and a dazzling aerial chase among big-city skyscrapers, Blue Thunder qualifies as slick entertainment. --Jeff Shannon
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 48
 Blu Thunder? Not quite... November 20, 2009
R. Hor (Malaysia)
I bought this movie because I enjoyed Blue Thunder during my younger days. However I was very disappointed with this Blu Ray release with rather poor transfer, both picture and sound quality. There was very significantly noticeable grain on the picture and the Dolby True HD track was a big disappointment. Most likely the master copy of this movie was not the best.
I am now surprised why I liked this movie when I was young. Story line was thin and I guessed it was the helicopter which attracted my young mind those days!
My overall rating for this movie:
1. Movie - 2/5
2. Video - 3/5
3. Audio - 2/5
 Blue Thunder DVD Bluray September 18, 2009
James North
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this from Amazon, because, it is a very good DVD. But that is not all, that I want to say, it is a Bluray DVD Disc. It has beautiful color and great Sound, If you buy this BLURAY DISC DVD, BLUE THUNDER, YOU WON'T REGREAT IT. (IT IS GREAT.) A lot of action that you will enjoy, An Suspence, that keeps you on the edge of you seat.
Jim in Ohio., Says so.
 Dumb, but Entertaining September 5, 2009
Michael Burton (Columbus, OH USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really liked this movie when I first saw it, years ago. Watching it again now, I have to shake my head in rueful astonishment.
There's a shocking scene in the TV series "Mad Men" where a '60s family pack up after a picnic and simply dump all their trash out on a beautiful green lawn. Times change, huh?
I thought about that when our hero Frank Murphy, a police helicopter pilot played by Roy Scheider, saved himself by tricking the bad guys into firing missiles into a crowded barbecue joint and a high-rise office tower, and again when he shot up a civilian apartment building while trying to take aim on a bad guy in another chopper. This was particularly grating since Murphy had earlier spoken against the bad guys' low regard for civilian lives.
Forget the characters. Forget the plot. They will only annoy you. This movie is stunt porn, pure and simple, and given that it was made before the era of computerized special effects, we have to respect the ingenuity, skill and courage of Hollywood stunt people.
The movie is dumb, but entertaining. Lots of stuff gets blowed up real good, and helicopters are cooool. If you want more than that, you'll want to look elsewhere.
Blue Thunder Review August 17, 2009
Ms. Claire Risica (Henderson, NV USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you like helicopters, then this movie is a must-see! It combines comedy with some suspense, fantasy (don't we all wish we could fly a silent helicopter that never needs re-fueling, that can see through walls, record our enemy plotting to kill us, onboard computer that we can just type in a name and get all that persons' information... and steal the helicopter right off the police helipad with no consequences?!) and action! The plot is about a police helicopter pilot Frank (Roy Scheider) who's getting in trouble at work for spying on women in the police heli, ha ha, but is chosen to pilot a new attack-helicopter that can do pretty much anything... Blue Thunder. In a nutshell, he and his JAFO (Daniel Stern) take the helicopter for a nice evening flight and stumble across a disturbing plot by Thunder's THOR organization (led by Frank's Vietnam War enemy, Malcolm McDowell), which is to use Blue Thunder for much more than what was intended for this helicopter (police surveillance and riot-control). I don't want to give the entire movie away, but Frank gets caught in the middle of the evil plot and teams up with the super-copter to save his own skin... with a little help from his lady friend (Candy Clark)!
A very entertaining movie!
Horrible movie August 17, 2009
R. ONeill
0 out of 12 found this review helpful
I saw this movie in the theaters when I was around 13. This movie has stood out since then as one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I don't even remember why, I've tried to block this movie from my memory ever since. Now you can get it on blu-ray. My daughter just got the Hello Kitty movie. It's more exciting than this movie was.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 48
|
|
|
![Big Trouble in Little China [Blu-ray]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0028ZDJF8.01._AA75_PU_PU-5_.jpg)
![Red Heat [Blu-ray]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B002MJV7HW.01._AA75_PU_PU-5_.jpg)
![The Last Starfighter (25th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0025VLELQ.01._AA75_PU_PU-5_.jpg)
![Navy Seals (+ Widescreen DVD) [Blu-ray]](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0024F08G0.01._AA75_PU_PU-5_.jpg)