Tommy Lee Jones wants Jeff Bridges and anybody he knows "Blown Away" in this 1994 film, also starring Suzy Amis, Forest Whitaker and Lloyd Bridges. Bridges, caught up in the Irish trying to get the English out of Ireland, worked with Jones in Ireland, but when one of the bombings goes bad, he splits, and Jones gets arrested. Jones escapes from an Irish prison and traces Bridges to Boston, where he plans on getting revenge on Bridges, his family, and the entire Boston Police Bomb Squad.

This movie really needed to be seen on the big screen because of all of the special effects - huge, frequent explosions.

The accents are all over the place, but the performances are good, with Lloyd Bridges on hand as a bearded character actor. It was a little too stereotypical for this viewer.

The script is by the numbers and derivative, but the actors and the tension engendered from defusing bombs attached to people helps hold interest.

Okay, but see it on a large flat-screen TV.

A preposterous thriller of 1994, BLOWN AWAY comes across like a 1990s version of THE HURT LOCKER, with all of the overt stylisation and missing realism that you expect from that decade. It's cheesy and overblown throughout, focusing on elaborate pyrotechnics over suspense, but if you're looking for a mindless thriller you could do worse. Jeff Bridges is a dependable lead although not particularly likeable here; his following thriller, ARLINGTON ROAD, was ten times better. Tommy Lee Jones goes even more OTT than in UNDER SIEGE and his Oirish accent is truly something to behold.

How on earth did this crap ever get made? IRA terrorists ups sticks and moves to USA and joins Boston police? Glorifies the IRA and period of time known as the troubles here in the UK by referring to "the cause"! Classic Hollywood depiction of de oirish, which makes patriot games look like a master class in character study by comparison Endless playing of u2 - cos theyre oirish you know! God awful oirish accents all round!