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[[Image:Blown away ver2.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''Blown Away'' (1994)]] | |||
'''''Blown Away''''' is a 1994 action film directed by [[Stephen Hopkins]] and starring [[Jeff Bridges]] as Jimmy Dove, a Boston PD bomb tech whose life is threatened when an IRA bomber ([[Tommy Lee Jones]]) escapes prison and comes to the city to expose Dove's past. The film's cast includes [[Lloyd Bridges]] and [[Forest Whitaker]]. | |||
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== | == Colt MK IV Series 70 == | ||
A [[M1911 pistol series|Colt | A [[M1911 pistol series#Colt MK IV Series 70|Colt MK IV Series 70]] is used by an M.I.T. student who commits suicide, leaving his ex-girlfriend trapped with a bomb in the computer lab. | ||
[[Image:ColtMkIVSeries70.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt | [[Image:ColtMkIVSeries70.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt MK IV Series 70 .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-15335.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Vlcsnap-15335.jpg|thumb|400px|none|The dead M.I.T. student with the MK IV Series 70 he used to kill himself lying nearby]] | ||
==Glock 17== | ==Glock 17== | ||
A Generation 2 [[ | A Generation 2 [[Glock 17]] is the sidearm of Jimmy Dove ([[Jeff Bridges]]) throughout the movie. Glock 17's are also carried by all of the other Boston P.D. officers, including Franklin ([[Forest Whitaker]]). | ||
[[Image:Glock17EarlyModel.jpg|thumb|none|300px| | [[Image:Glock17EarlyModel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Glock 17 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-21525.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Vlcsnap-21525.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Jimmy Dove charges into a restroom at a pub with his Glock 17 drawn]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-22013.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Vlcsnap-22013.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Dove's Glock 17 lying empty on the side of his uncle's hot tub after he nearly commits suicide with it]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-22655.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Vlcsnap-22655.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Gaerity smiles as the Glock is put to his head.]] | ||
[[Image:BA 02.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Dove holding his Glock on Gaerity.]] | |||
==Mossberg 590 Mariner== | ==Mossberg 590 Mariner== | ||
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A [[Mossberg 500-series shotgun#Mossberg 590|Mossberg 590 Mariner]] shotgun is used by Blanket ([[Ruben Santiago-Hudson]]) to detonate the bomb that kills him. | A [[Mossberg 500-series shotgun#Mossberg 590|Mossberg 590 Mariner]] shotgun is used by Blanket ([[Ruben Santiago-Hudson]]) to detonate the bomb that kills him. | ||
[[Image:Mossberg590Mariner 9Shot.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Mossberg590Mariner 9Shot.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Mossberg M590 Mariner - 9 Shot™ - 12 gauge]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-17760.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Vlcsnap-17760.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Blanket loads a shell into his Mossberg M590 Mariner - 9 Shot™ - 12 gauge]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-18286.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Vlcsnap-18286.jpg|thumb|600px|none|The shock wave from the bomb kills Blanket after he fires his Mossberg 590 Mariner at it]] | ||
==L1A1 SLR== | ==L1A1 SLR== | ||
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During Jimmy Dove's flashbacks to his days as an IRA member in Belfast, the British Army soldiers that he sees are armed with [[FN FAL#L1A1|L1A1 SLR]] rifles, the British version of the [[FN FAL]]. | During Jimmy Dove's flashbacks to his days as an IRA member in Belfast, the British Army soldiers that he sees are armed with [[FN FAL#L1A1|L1A1 SLR]] rifles, the British version of the [[FN FAL]]. | ||
[[Image:L1A1-SLR.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:L1A1-SLR.jpg|thumb|none|350px|L1A1 SLR (Self-Loading Rifle) 7.62x51mm NATO]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-16115.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Vlcsnap-16115.jpg|thumb|600px|none|British soldiers armed with L1A1 SLRs in Dove's flashback]] | ||
==M1928A1 Thompson== | ==M1928A1 Thompson== | ||
In Jimmy Dove's flashback, one of the IRA members killed accidentally by Ryan Gaerity's ([[Tommy Lee Jones]]') bomb is armed with an [[Thompson#M1928 Thompson|M1928A1 Thompson]] Submachine gun. | In Jimmy Dove's flashback, one of the IRA members killed accidentally by Ryan Gaerity's ([[Tommy Lee Jones]]') bomb is armed with an [[Thompson Submachine Gun#M1928/M1928A1 Thompson|M1928A1 Thompson]] Submachine gun. | ||
[[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|350px|M1928A1 Thompson .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-20174.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Vlcsnap-20174.jpg|thumb|600px|none|IRA members being killed by Gaerity's bomb; the one on the right in the air has an M1928A1 Thompson]] | ||
==Sawed-off Mossberg 500== | ==Sawed-off Mossberg 500== | ||
Another of the slain IRA members killed by the bomb in Dove's flashback is armed with a sawed-off [[Mossberg 500 | Another of the slain IRA members killed by the bomb in Dove's flashback is armed with a sawed-off [[Mossberg 500 series shotgun#Mossberg 500|Mossberg 500]] shotgun. | ||
[[Image:Mossberg500AT.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Mossberg 500 12 gauge]] | |||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-25426.jpg|thumb|600px|none|An IRA member lies dead with his sawed-off Mossberg 500 shotgun nearby]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:56, 6 July 2017
Blown Away is a 1994 action film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Jeff Bridges as Jimmy Dove, a Boston PD bomb tech whose life is threatened when an IRA bomber (Tommy Lee Jones) escapes prison and comes to the city to expose Dove's past. The film's cast includes Lloyd Bridges and Forest Whitaker.
The following weapons were used in the film Blown Away:
Colt MK IV Series 70
A Colt MK IV Series 70 is used by an M.I.T. student who commits suicide, leaving his ex-girlfriend trapped with a bomb in the computer lab.
Glock 17
A Generation 2 Glock 17 is the sidearm of Jimmy Dove (Jeff Bridges) throughout the movie. Glock 17's are also carried by all of the other Boston P.D. officers, including Franklin (Forest Whitaker).
Mossberg 590 Mariner
A Mossberg 590 Mariner shotgun is used by Blanket (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) to detonate the bomb that kills him.
L1A1 SLR
During Jimmy Dove's flashbacks to his days as an IRA member in Belfast, the British Army soldiers that he sees are armed with L1A1 SLR rifles, the British version of the FN FAL.
M1928A1 Thompson
In Jimmy Dove's flashback, one of the IRA members killed accidentally by Ryan Gaerity's (Tommy Lee Jones') bomb is armed with an M1928A1 Thompson Submachine gun.
Sawed-off Mossberg 500
Another of the slain IRA members killed by the bomb in Dove's flashback is armed with a sawed-off Mossberg 500 shotgun.
