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‘Blue Thunder’ (1983): One of the great ‘Eighties’ action movies

June 16, 2012 By Kathy Shaidle

I’d forgotten that part: the movie’s fictional “government” thinks it needs to spend millions on a superduper helicopter to “create race riots in L.A.” (??)

When all they would’ve needed was a drunk career felon who wouldn’t stop for the cops.

PS: Contrary to civilian “wisdom,” Rodney King was not on PCP. That was all booze.

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