Air Force One
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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.
What critics thought
A slick, crowd-pleasing action thriller that audiences embraced far more warmly than critics did — the gap between those two groups is part of the story. Most reviewers acknowledged the genuine tension of key set-pieces and the pull of Harrison Ford's screen presence, but split sharply over whether the film's gleeful absurdity was a feature or a flaw.
“Air Force One doesn't insult the audience. It is crafted by a film-maker who takes pride in the thrills and sly fun he packs into every frame. Welcome to something rare in a summer of crass commercialism: a class act.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“a preposterously pulpy but quite entertaining suspense meller”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
“Air Force One is a fairly competent recycling of familiar ingredients, given an additional interest because of Harrison Ford's personal appeal.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“so preposterous that it begins to seem like a science-fiction artifact ... the product of a parallel-universe 1990s which somehow by-passed the decades since the 1950s.”
Adam Mars-Jones·The Independent
Accolades
Genres
Action, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Wolfgang PetersenDirector
Harrison FordJames Marshall
Gary OldmanIvan Korshunov
Glenn CloseKathryn Bennett
Wendy CrewsonGrace Marshall
Liesel MatthewsAlice Marshall
Paul GuilfoyleLloyd Shepherd
Xander BerkeleyAgent Gibbs
William H. MacyMajor Caldwell
Dean StockwellWalter Dean
Tom EverettJack Doherty
Jürgen ProchnowAlexander Radek
Donna BullockMelanie Mitchel
Jerry GoldsmithComposer
Andrew W. MarloweWriter
Michael BallhausCinematographyAir Force One
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.
What critics thought
A slick, crowd-pleasing action thriller that audiences embraced far more warmly than critics did — the gap between those two groups is part of the story. Most reviewers acknowledged the genuine tension of key set-pieces and the pull of Harrison Ford's screen presence, but split sharply over whether the film's gleeful absurdity was a feature or a flaw.
“Air Force One doesn't insult the audience. It is crafted by a film-maker who takes pride in the thrills and sly fun he packs into every frame. Welcome to something rare in a summer of crass commercialism: a class act.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“a preposterously pulpy but quite entertaining suspense meller”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
“Air Force One is a fairly competent recycling of familiar ingredients, given an additional interest because of Harrison Ford's personal appeal.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“so preposterous that it begins to seem like a science-fiction artifact ... the product of a parallel-universe 1990s which somehow by-passed the decades since the 1950s.”
Adam Mars-Jones·The Independent
Accolades
Genres
Action, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Wolfgang PetersenDirectorHarrison FordJames MarshallGary OldmanIvan KorshunovGlenn CloseKathryn BennettWendy CrewsonGrace MarshallLiesel MatthewsAlice MarshallPaul GuilfoyleLloyd ShepherdXander BerkeleyAgent GibbsWilliam H. MacyMajor CaldwellDean StockwellWalter DeanTom EverettJack DohertyJürgen ProchnowAlexander RadekDonna BullockMelanie MitchelJerry GoldsmithComposerAndrew W. MarloweWriterMichael BallhausCinematographyStream
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