Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed Jon Drake and Ian Dukes

Big waves. Vietnam. Grown men diving into ovens. This movie has it all! It’s BIG WEDNESDAY 
BIG WEDNESDAY 
DIRECTED BY: John Millius
RELEASED: May 26, 1978
BUDGET: $11M
BOX OFFICE: $4.5M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M
CAST: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D’Arbanville

0:00 Intro
2:18 Show & tell
6:12 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: It’s the movie more famous for its co-stars hating each other than for the actual movie, HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE!

We’re back on our international arms dealer thing after a brief intermission with the Nicolas Cage cult favorite LORD OF WAR 
LORD OF WAR
DIRECTED BY: Andrew Niccol RELEASED: September 16, 2005
BUDGET: $50M
BOX OFFICE: $72.6M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M
STARRING: Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynihan, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm

0:00 Intro
2:48 Show & tell
7:58 This week's movie

SHOW NOTES:
Nic Cage made of bullets
https://imgur.com/a/kutn5hz

NEXT EPISODE: Surfs up, dudes! We’re going all the way back to ‘78 with BIG WEDNESDAY 

We traded anti-Russian Cold War propaganda for anti-Chinese propaganda but then got cold feet and made it about North Korea cuz why not. It’s the 2012 RED DAWN
RED DAWN 
DIRECTED BY: Dan Bradley 
RELEASED: November 21, 2012 
BUDGET: $65M
BOX OFFICE: $50.9M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M
STARRING: Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas 

0:00 Intro
2:30 Show & tell
6:42 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: We’re going back to the world of arms dealing with 2005’s cult favorite LORD OF WAR 

Todd Phillips’ first foray into Scorsese impersonator territory wasn’t JOKER, it was the stoner bros dealing arms crime comedy WAR DOGS 
WAR DOGS 
DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips
RELEASED: August 19, 2016 
BUDGET: $50M
BOX OFFICE: $86.2M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M
STARRING: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Kevin Pollak, Bradley Cooper

0:00 Intro
3:00 Show & tell
6:45 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: It’s the 2012 RED DAWN. That’s the bad one, in case you were wondering.

A 140-minute Viking epic with Bjork is still somehow Robert Eggers' most accessible movie. It’s THE NORTHMAN
THE NORTHMAN
DIRECTED BY: Robert Eggers
RELEASED: April 13, 2022
BUDGET: $90M
BOX OFFICE: $69.6M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M
STARRING: Alexander Skarsgärd, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke

0:00 Intro
2:28 Show & tell
6:18 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: Exploring Scorsese-lite with WAR DOGS

Show Notes:
Nicole Kidman for AMC
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KiEeIxZJ9x0

Amleth's daughter the girlboss Maiden King
https://imgur.com/a/r7SacMz

The internet. We obviously know it’s a series of tubes, but what else? We try to find out as we discuss 2001’s SWORDFISH 
SWORDFISH
DIRECTED BY: Dominic Sena 
RELEASED: June 8, 2001
BUDGET: $102M
BOX OFFICE: $147M
ESTIMATED LOSS: $60M 
STARRING: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Sam Shepard 

0:00 Intro
1:55 Show & tell
5:54 This week's movie

NEXT EPISODE: We’re getting weird with THE NORTHMAN