Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder is a 1983 action thriller film that features a hightech helicopter of the same name. The movie was directed by John Badham and stars Roy Scheider. A spinoff television series also called Blue Thunder lastedepisodes in 1984.

Murphy is selected to pilot the worlds most advanced helicopter, nicknamed Blue Thunder, a militarystyle combat helicopter intended for police use in surveillance and against possible largescale civic disobedience during the forthcoming Olympic games. With powerful armament, stealth technology that allows it to fly virtually undetected, and other accoutrements such as infrared scanners, powerful microphones and cameras, and a UMatic VCR, Blue Thunder appears to be a formidable tool in the war on crime. Murphy notes wryly that with enough of these helicopters you could run the whole damn country.But when the death of city councilwoman Diane McNeely turns out to be more than just a random murder, Murphy begins his own covert investigation. He discovers that a subversive action group is intending instead to use Blue Thunder in a military role to quell disorder under the project codename THOR for Tactical Helicopter Offensive Response, and is secretly eliminating political opponents to advance their agenda. ........

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