10 Terrible Movies That Reward You For Staying Until The End

10. Blue Thunder

Rather than a dodgy brand of energy drink, Blue Thunder is a 1983 movie starring Roy Scheider as a cop with a difference - instead of a truncheon and a little notepad, he's got a super-advanced helicopter.

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Blue Thunder - which is the name of the chopper - was spun off into a TV show and a video game for the short-lived Action Max console, but unfortunately, it wasn't that great. A lot of the action was subpar, offering little more excitement than viewers could get on a weekly cop show. Not even Scheider, a double Oscar nominee, could turn it around.

Thankfully, the film remembered its own kickass premise right before it ended and provided viewers with a fantastic aerial chase sequence to close things out.

Frank Murphy, Scheider's character, does battle with Malcolm McDowell's Colonel F. E. Cochrane after he discovers he intends to use Blue Thunder for no good. The chase is incredible, as the two pilots dodge and weave their way through the sky in a battle of skill, ending with a cool move from the hero to finish things off.

If you like helicopters, then you need to check this out.

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