Poll: Bomb Defusing Movie Moments
Cut the blue wire… no wait, the red, no wait the GREEN wire! These films featured some of the most nerve-racking bomb defusing scenes with a horrifyingly stark realism to them that made us feel like we were there with them. Which of these nail-biting wire-cutting/bomb defusing scenes did you find yourself in the most suspense for? After voting, you may discuss the poll here.
Vote:
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Jeff Bridges and Lloyd Bridges in Blown Away (1994)
How many bytes remaining? From Blown Away (1994). -
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (2008)
A car bomb of suspense. From The Hurt Locker (2008). -
Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in The Mask (1994)
”A spicy meatball”. From The Mask (1994). -
Sean Connery in Goldfinger (1964)
Seven seconds for 007. From Goldfinger (1964). -
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in The Abyss (1989)
The bomb at the bottom of the sea. From The Abyss (1989). -
Mel Gibson and Danny Glover in Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
So close… but no cigar. From Lethal Weapon 3 (1992). -
Unthinkable (2010)
The final scene. From Unthinkable (2010). -
George Clooney and Nicole Kidman in The Peacemaker (1997)
Blow up the bomb, instead. From The Peacemaker (1997). -
Bruce Willis, William Fichtner, and Will Patton in Armageddon (1998)
Time for secondary protocol. From Armageddon (1998). -
Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in Fight Club (1999)
”You think?”. From Fight Club (1999). -
Tom Cruise and Michael Nyqvist in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Falling cars and some last-minute frenzy. From Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011). -
Hugo Weaving in V for Vendetta (2005)
TV station is about to blow up. From V for Vendetta (2005). -
Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery in The Rock (1996)
A baby and a sarin gas chamber. From The Rock (1996). -
Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Gallons of effort. From Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995). -
Tim Curry, Ian McKellen, and John Lone in The Shadow (1994)
An atomic nail-biter right down to the wire. From The Shadow (1994). -
Richard Harris and David Hemmings in Juggernaut (1974)
The undefeated champion. From Juggernaut (1974). -
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta in Face/Off (1997)
Casually disarming any chaos. From Face/Off (1997). -
Juliette Binoche and Naveen Andrews in The English Patient (1996)
The bomb scene. From The English Patient (1996).