Blue Thunder

(1983)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 574 votes

Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller

Year: 1983

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Джон Бэдэм

Cast: Рой Шайдер, Уоррен Оутс, Кэнди Кларк, Дэниел Стерн, Paul Roebling, David Sheiner, Joe Santos, Малкольм Макдауэлл, Ed Bernard, Jason Bernard

Plot

Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.

Blue Thunder is a specially modified helicopter. It is for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. Its makers want to show what it will do, but have to train Los Angeles Police pilot Frank Murphy to fly and use it in order to allow it to operate in the city. Murphy and the project pilot have differences going back to Vietnam. The conflict between them continues to heat up as Murphy begins to suspect that Blue Thunder is more than has been disclosed.