![]() ![]() Gaerity's third bomb almost kills rookie technician Anthony Franklin, who has linked Dove's former life to Gaerity, but Dove rescues him and Franklin promises Dove any assistance he can offer. He explains his true past to Kate, and convinces her and Elizabeth to go into hiding at Max's seaside cottage. He rushes home and finds no bomb, but his dog, "Boomer," has been killed. Dove receives a call from Gaerity and realizes that Kate and his stepdaughter Elizabeth are in danger. Later, at the site of a fake bomb threat, technicians Rita and Cortez are killed by an explosive hidden in their bomb disposal robot. Gaerity sets up bombs specifically designed to kill the rest of the bomb squad: the first victim, Blanket, is killed by a bomb placed under a bridge on the night of Dove's wedding to his fiancee Kate. He takes a job as a janitor at the police station to learn more about Dove's present life and his co-workers. Gaerity sees Dove on TV and makes his way to Boston, taking residence in an abandoned casino boat. Only Dove's uncle, retired Boston police officer Max O'Bannon, is aware of his past and encourages Dove to retire early, feeling he has done his penance. Devastated, McGivney moved to Boston and took on a new identity, hoping to find atonement in saving others by defusing bombs. He had been friends with Gaerity, but when Gaerity tried to set off a bomb that would have killed numerous civilians, he interceded, ending in the death of his girlfriend (Gaerity's sister), and leading to Gaerity's imprisonment. Dove hides that he is really Liam McGivney, a former member of a Northern Ireland terrorist cell. ![]() In Boston, Lieutenant James "Jimmy" Dove is a veteran member of the police force's bomb squad, on the verge of retirement and helping to train newer recruits. Irish Republican Army fighter Ryan Gaerity escapes from his cell in a castle prison in Northern Ireland after turning a toilet into a bomb, killing a guard and his cellmate in the process. "I was very lucky that MGM backed me up, because he doesn't seem to be the obvious choice for this kind of genre film." Plot Hopkins said that Bridges was his first choice to play the lead. Bridges said he was always interested in the genre, particularly as his father, Lloyd Bridges (who co-stars in the film) appeared in High Noon fighting Gary Cooper. It was the first action film starring Jeff Bridges, who was by then a 45-year old leading man. The head of the studio was former Paramount executive Frank Mancuso Sr. The film was distributed and financed by MGM, a studio which was in financial difficulty at the time. Blown Away is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker, Suzy Amis, and Lloyd Bridges. ![]()
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