History YMMV / BlownAway

* HarsherInHindsight: The film is about the attempts to stop a mad bomber in Boston. 19 years later, on April 15, 2013, a bomb attack killed three people and injured hundreds at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
** Even harsher: one of the bombing sites in the film is Copley Square. Where the Marathon's finish line is located.

* CompleteMonster: [[MadBomber Ryan Gaerity]] was once an [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles Irish terrorist]] who, after trying to kill dozens of civilians with a bomb, was taken down by his more moral partner, Jimmy Dove, and sent to prison. Years later, Gaerity breaks out of prison, killing a guard and his cellmate in the process. Then, by a chance viewing on television, tracks Dove down and starts killing off his bomb squad teammates. After [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals killing Dove's dog and displaying it for him to find]], Gaerity orchestrates the death of Max, Dove's uncle, in an explosion meant to kill both Dove and his uncle. When found by Dove, Gaerity reveals he set a bomb to kill Dove's wife and [[WouldHurtAChild daughter]], and then tries to kill both Dove and himself with a bomb, hoping for Dove's last thoughts to be the knowledge that his family is about to die. Obsessed with revenge to the point of insanity, Gaerity went [[DisproportionateRetribution above and beyond whatever "justice" he was trying to enact on Dove would have called for]].

** The movie's beautiful and haunting main theme, "Prince's Day".

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* CompleteMonster: [[MadBomber Ryan Gaerity]] was once an [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles Irish terrorist]] who, after trying to kill dozens of civilians with a bomb, was taken down by his more moral partner, Jimmy Dove, and sent to prison. Years later, Gaerity breaks out of prison, killing a guard and his cellmate in the process, then tracks Dove down and starts killing off his bomb squad teammates. After [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals killing Dove's dog and displaying it for him to find]], Gaerity orchestrates the death of Max, Dove's uncle, in an explosion meant to kill both Dove and his uncle. When found by Dove, Gaerity reveals he set a bomb to kill Dove's wife and [[WouldHurtAChild daughter]], and then tries to kill both Dove and himself with a bomb, hoping for Dove's last thoughts to be the knowledge that his family is about to die. Obsessed with revenge to the point of insanity, Gaerity went [[DisproportionateRetribution above and beyond whatever "justice" he was trying to enact on Dove would have called for]].

** The movie's main theme : "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogYjDfuf5S0 Prince's Day]]".

* CompleteMonster: [[MadBomber Ryan Gaerity]] was once an [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles Irish terrorist]] who, after trying to kill dozens of civilians with a bomb, was taken down by his more moral partner, Jimmy Dove, and sent to prison. Years later, Gaerity breaks out of prison, killing a guard and his cellmate in the process, then tracks Dove down and starts killing off his bomb squad teammates. After [[KickTheDog killing Dove's dog and displaying it for him to find]], Gaerity orchestrates the death of Max, Dove's uncle, in an explosion meant to kill both Dove and his uncle. When found by Dove, Gaerity reveals he set a bomb to kill Dove's wife and [[WouldHurtAChild daughter]], and then tries to kill both Dove and himself with a bomb, hoping for Dove's last thoughts to be the knowledge that his family is about to die. Obsessed with revenge to the point of insanity, Gaerity went [[DisproportionateRetribution above and beyond whatever "justice" he was trying to enact on Dove would have called for]].

** The movie's main theme : "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IytnUR7P58 Prince's Day]]".

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "With or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by {{U2}}.

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* CompleteMonster: [[MadBomber Ryan Gaerity]] was once an [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles Irish terrorist]] who, after trying to kill dozens of civilians with a bomb, was taken down by his more moral partner. Jimmy Dove, then sent to prison. Years later, Gaerity breaks out of prison, killing a guard and his cellmate in the process, then tracks Dove down and starts killing off his bomb squad teammates. After [[KickTheDog killing Dove's dog and displaying it for him to find]], Gaerity orchestrates the death of Max, Dove's uncle, in an explosion meant to kill both Dove and his uncle. When found by Dove, Gaerity reveals he set a bomb to kill Dove's wife and [[WouldHurtAChild daughter]], and then tries to kill both Dove and himself with a bomb, hoping for Dove's last thoughts to be the knowledge that his family is about to die. Obsessed with revenge to the point of insanity, Gaerity went [[DisproportionateRetribution above and beyond whatever "justice" he was trying to enact on Dove would have called for]].

** Even harsher : one of the bombing sites in the film is Copley Square. Where the Marathon's finish line is located.
* LargeHam: Tommy Lee Jones and Lloyd Bridges are clearly having fun in their roles.

* CompleteMonster: Ryan Gaerity, a truly messed-up piece of work.

** Even harsher : one of the bombing sites in the film is Copley Square. Where the Marathon's finish line is located.

** Even harsher : one of the bombing sites in the film is Copley Square. Where the Marathon's finish line is located.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "With or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by {{U2}}.

* MusicOfAwesome: "With or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by {{U2}}.

** One of the bombing sites in the film is Copley Square. Where the Marathon's finish line is located.

** It gets better. One of the bombing sites in the film is Copley Square. Where the Marathon's finish line is located.

* HarsherInHindsight: The film is about the attempts to stop a bomb threat in Boston. 19 years later, on April 15, 2013, a bomb attack killed three people and injured hundreds at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

* HarsherInHindsight: The film is about the attempts to stop a bomb threat in Boston. 19 years later, the attack at the Boston Marathon happened.

* MusicOfAwesome: Features a good bunch of Music/{{U2}} songs.

* MusicOfAwesome: Features a good bunch of Music/U2 songs.