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Blue Thunder (1983) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Blue Thunder (1983) a score of 2.8865 out of 4

based on (26) reviews

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Dragan Antulov

One of the things that makes this movie so different from other contemporary action hits is its leftist antigovernment agenda, which is in huge contrast with neoconservative American jingoism, so strong in Hollywood during the Reagan years. Instead of...read the complete Blue Thunder (1983) review at Dragan Antulov

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filmcritic.com (Keith Breese)

When John Badham’s Blue Thunder came out I was just a kid, but the film made quite an impression on me. I didn’t actually see it. And I suspect that most of the kids who told me long rambling stories about it didn’t either. It was one...read the complete Blue Thunder (1983) review at filmcritic.com (Keith Breese)

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DVD Talk (Don Houston)

was definitely a couple of notches better than the original DVD release 8 years ago and I wonder how much better the inevitable HD version will be as this was "remastered in HD". The combination of newer extras and older archival extras was a lot better...read the complete Blue Thunder (1983) review at DVD Talk (Don Houston)