Blow Out

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Teddy S @Teddy_S 2 days ago A truly awful piece of cinema. It looks nice enough but the characters are insufferable halfwits, key sequences make no sense, the music is grating beyond belief and the ending is offensive and idiotic. So bad it makes you question why you bother watching films at all. See more Mate P @matepolcz Oct 26, 2026 Blow Out is my kind of film. I think Brian De Palma has a thing for women. I think I have a thing for Brian De Palma. I've seen 3 films from him so far and rated all three 9/10. The characters are likeable, their dialogue fits perfectly. The story of the past mirrors the present beautifully. The last scene is perfect, it made the movie work on another level for me. The themes are not in the front and center, but I think this film is very much about truth. What good does truth do us when it doesn't change (almost) anything? The directing is phenomenal, the cinematography always perfectly communicates what the De Palma wants the audience to feel. The spinning shot, the one where we see what Jack's doing from outside, like we're spying on him. The editing plays heavily into this especially with Liberty Day sequence. The performances rock, especially the two leads. Blow Out is underrated in my opinion. See more J H @UpstateNYThriller Oct 13, 2026 8.2/10 80s, Mystery, Scandal John Travolta plays a sound guy who witnesses a staged murder. John Lithgow is a fixer / assassin who kills a presidential candidate and the car drives off the road. John Travolta saves the female accomplice and attempts to go on the news See more MariofanAlex445 T @RT47678067 Oct 10, 2026 Was an awesome movie, I’m not sure why at the end he did what he did but whatever. 3.5/5 stars. See more Robert P @Superbad Oct 4, 2026 Blow Out is a *4* star Movie! See more Danny K @king3107 Jun 15, 2026 Such a shame. Brian de Palma built tension really well and we get a classic De Palma train station jeopardy scene near the end. But in the end, too many plot holes, and a really disappointing ending. The making of the 'film' of the car crash was quite clever, but obviously flawed. Then using the actual photo's was also clever (but are we to really believe that the photographer took a stream of photo's?). The building of the tension, especially with Lithgow's character was quite nice if a little hurried. But the last 20 minutes was really rushed, and are we really to believe that Travolta can drive through the middle of a city, not be arrested, with a wire, and be left alone asleep in the back of an ambulance? And he killed someone, where did the body go? And no arrest for that? And the whole film was just for a recording of a scream. Massive wasted opportunity for a potentially brilliant film ending. See more Read all reviews

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