English:
A surprisingly plausible fusion of paranoid 70s conspiracy thriller and technology-driven 80s action. Add breathtaking helicopter stunts, superb performances by Scheider, Oates and McDowell, plus Rubinstein’s wonderfully synth-heavy score, and you get one of the most thrilling flights in action cinema. Today, Blue Thunder almost feels like a precursor to later surveillance and drone paranoia — while still remaining first and foremost terrific entertainment. “Catch you later!”

Deutsch:
Eine erstaunlich plausible Kreuzung aus paranoidem 70er-Verschwörungsthriller und technologieverliebter 80er-Action. Dazu…

English:
Shane Black supplies the madness, Richard Donner the momentum, and Gibson/Glover the buddy pairing the genre still keeps chasing decades later. The dialogue crackles, the action smashes through scenes in gloriously messy fashion, yet the characters never lose their grounding. Michael Kamen’s jazz-infused orchestral score ties everything together like a nervous pulse on the edge of collapse. And yes — years before Under Siege, Gary Busey already proved how terrifyingly well psychopathy suits him.

Deutsch:
Shane Blacks Drehbuch liefert…

English:
The best part? An unintentionally hilarious intro sequence cross-cutting war footage with construction site action. You might suspect irony. You’d be wrong. Ayer and Statham are dead serious.

What follows is a storyline clumsily cobbled together from Taken, John Wick, and a wet napkin found in a bar toilet.

Backstory: dumb. Characters: prefab. Dialogues: TikTok rejects. Statham phones it in (understandably). The rest range from community theatre to “please stop.”

The plot moves forward thanks only to a series…

English:
Carefully crafted cover or amalgam version of First Blood with Stallone (1982) and In the Heat of the Night with Poitier (1967). Staged with a flair for suspense, superbly photographed and well acted, with Don Johnson in particular pleasing in the role of the corrupt sheriff! However, the running time is a little drawn out, although many questions remain unanswered at the end, and the concept of de-escalation, which is good in itself, is exaggerated to the point of…