Air Force One

7/25/19972h 4m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The fate of the nation rests on the courage of one man. ~

Overview:

When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

Director:

Wolfgang Petersen

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$85,000,000.00

Revenue:

$315,200,000.00

Key words:

vietnam veteran
journalist
usa president
washington dc, usa
airplane
ultimatum
kazakhstan
heroism
air force one
fighter jet
airplane hijacking
aerial combat
first lady
gunfight
secret service
terrorist plot
held hostage
us military
moscow, russia
hand to hand combat
political prisoner
hostages

Cast

Harrison Ford

~ as ~

James Marshall

Gary Oldman

~ as ~

Ivan Korshunov

Glenn Close

~ as ~

Kathryn Bennett

Wendy Crewson

~ as ~

Grace Marshall

Liesel Matthews

~ as ~

Alice Marshall

Paul Guilfoyle

~ as ~

Lloyd Shepherd

Xander Berkeley

~ as ~

Agent Gibbs

William H. Macy

~ as ~

Major Caldwell

Dean Stockwell

~ as ~

Walter Dean

Tom Everett

~ as ~

Jack Doherty

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Reviews (6)

PG
Per Gunnar Jonsson
Written 8 year(s) ago
8
It’s a quite nice action flick. Some people on Rotten Tomatoes and other sites have been moaning that it was too much American patriotism. Well, that’s a load of bullshit! Sure it was very American but given the name and the cast, what the hell did these morons expect? If one cannot enjoy a good American action movie because of some patriotism in it, well then do not watch them! Incidentally there are some countries in Europe, no names mentioned cough cough, that could do with some more patriotism in the first place. Anyway, for us it was two enjoyable hours and hey, it's Harrison Ford after all! It is a decent enough transfer to Blu-ray although the choice of sound codecs is a bit unusual in that it has a Linear PCM 5.1 English track on it.
The Movie Mob
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
Harrison Ford for President!

Is this a typical action flick with the only significant differentiation being the hero's name is led by the word President? Yes indeed. But with the great Harrison Ford playing the hero and the always brilliant Gary Oldman as the antagonist, this impressive cast raises this movie from an action rehash to a classic. If you love 80s/90s action, then Air Force One is for you.
Rob
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
Ok, this is a pretty ridiculous movie, but aren't all action movies? It's Harrison Ford doing what Harrison Ford does but in the confines of a plane in midair against a bunch of gun-toting terrorists. So just switch off your brain and enjoy.
Wuchak
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
When the President’s plane is seized by Communist radicals

After a Russian terrorist (Gary Oldman) hijacks Air Force One with his cronies, the President (Harrison Ford) is intent on saving his wife & daughter and the other hostages (e.g. William H. Macy). Glenn Close plays the Vice President while Dean Stockwell is on hand as the Defense Secretary.

“Air Force One” (1997) is a political suspense/thriller that combines “Under Siege” (1992) with “Executive Decision” (1996). While I prefer those two, this one’s in the same league.

The Russian prison sequences were shot at Mansfield Reformatory, Ohio, which is where “The Shawshank Redemption” was shot.

The movie runs 2 hours, 4 minutes, and was shot at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (Presidential palace, Kazakhstan), Rickenbacker Airport, Columbus (Ramstein AFB in Germany), Mansfield Reformatory and Los Angeles International Airport (Moscow airport scenes).

GRADE: B-
CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
This is all about Harrison Ford and his ability to almost single-handedly carry over 2 hours of cinema. The plot is ridiculous - Air Force One is hijacked by a group of highly trained terrorists led by Gary Oldman, who quite easily commandeer the plane and hold the President hostage - except, that is, that he too is an extremely highly trained man who dupes them into thinking he has been ejected in a life pod. Soon we have a cunning Mexican stand-off at 35,000 feet with just about everyone else being a casualty. Thank heavens for the sanity of VP Glenn Close holding things together on the ground while our airborne adversaries battle it out. It's probably fair to say that the CGI has been at the drink, too - it is all over the place at times. All told, it's an OK action movie, just don't think too hard whilst you watch it.

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