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Officer Frank Murphy, an experienced LAPD helicopter pilot, is given command of the advanced new "Blue Thunder" chopper. But he begins to wonder why the LAPD would need a helicopter so powerful and why it is such a secret.
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88
Chicago Tribune
John Badham's exciting thriller about an L.A. detective (Roy Scheider) who battles against the government creeps who have created a monstrous helicopter to be used for 1984-style crowd control. Great action in a David-versus-Goliath story. [22 July 1983, p.10]
80
The action sequences are what the film is all about, and these are remarkably well done, including a climactic, largely bloodless shootout among helicopters and jet fighters over Los Angeles.
75
Expertly executed action flick that starts out fast and winds up faster. We've seen it all before, but the execution here supersedes the concept.
70
Blue Thunder is a ripsnorting live-action cartoon, utterly implausible but no less enjoyable for that.
70
Blue Thunder hovers just this side of trash and the other side of credibility, but it propels a willing audience into adrenaline heaven.
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