Subsequent to an emotional speech in which
the President takes a hard stand against terrorism, President James Marshall
(Ford), jointly with his wife and their 12-year-old daughter, boards his jet to
return to the States from Moscow. Midflight, but, the plane is taken hostage by
a terrorist group, led by bad guy called Kurshonov (Oldman). The group's
demands are just clear cut and cruel. The release of their leader General Radek
(Jurgen Prochnow) who is behind the bars or they will kill a passenger every
half-an-hour. The secret service agents on the plane
sacrifice themselves to get the President into the escape pod of the plane,
leaving the President's security advisors, as well as his wife and daughter, at
the mercy of the bad guys...
Vice President n-charge Kathryn
Bennett (Glenn Close) instantly tries to bargain with the terrorists to get the
hostages off the plane alive while the military follows to the president's
escape pod.
President Marshall taken to
be out of the plane actually never leaves the plane and he is resolute to make
the terrorists pay for their deeds. But, the terrorists promptly become aware
of that their numbers are diminishing and take for granted that there is a
secret service agent on the plane. The terrorist begins to kill hostages and with
the increase in numbers of hostages being murdered, President Marshall is
nothing left but is forced to negotiate with the terrorists and arrang for the
release of General Radek. But that no way mean that he has fallen as he uses
every trick learnt as a solider to get the terrorists off his plane...
Air Force One is one of a
great movie from Hollywood. It is a fast paced, full of action and the audience
instantly relates with the characters, particularly to Harrison Ford, as he
have played the character of the president so many times that it is instantaneously
believable. Many of the scenes in the movie are just fantasy. For example, the
escape pod. To the best of my knowledge, Air Force One in reality has no escape
pod. The easy way in which the group of terrorists boarded the plane. Also, it’s
amazing to see in spite of constant firing from the guns, nothing is punctured.
As a matter of fact all these are not at all thought during the movie and only
comes to mind after the movie ends. The only reason for it may be the fantastic
direction and the way the entire cast have carried their character. This certainly
is a blockbuster action adventure film at its very best!
A movie not to be missed...
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