The nineties had a window in ninety four where villains had to one man armies with overly clever gadgets. One such entry is Blown Away(1994). Tommy Lee Jones plays a leather coin purse who was an IRA member in jail. He’s a master bomb maker who escapes prison and heads to Boston for revenge. Jeff Bridges plays a member of the bomb squad who was once also in the IRA. Jones blames him for being in jail as Bridges realized the bomb maker planned to blow people up and turned him in. So there’s a lot of explosive set pieces though it drags on way too long. On the upside, it’s nice … Continue reading Popcorn Pulse 117: Blown →