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Air Force One
Threat advisory: Guarded - General risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
In his most powerful role ever, Harrison Ford is the president of the USA in the must-see blockbuster action thriller of the year... Air Force One!
Aboard the presidential plane - the most heavily guarded aircraft in the world - President Marshall (Harrison Ford) is returning home with his wife, daughter and a planeload of top government officials. But no sooner have they lifted off when the plane is hijacked by communist radicals, led by the ruthless terrorist Korshunov (Gary Oldman). Unless his country's imprisoned dictator is freed, Torshunov will start killing passengers. Now, the most protected man in the world must take responsibility for the safety of all onboard and the future of the free world. With high-stakes action and suspense, Air Force One is sky-high thrills at mach speed!
Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Action thriller president USA plane hijack
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
A piece of "rah-rah-rah USA is number 1" crap but a very exciting and entertaining piece of "rah-rah-rah USA is number 1" crap.
There are huge plot holes and really dumb bits and obvious "Wave your flag now" moments (who really expects the president of the USA to be an action adventure super hero?) with some really terrifying moments (especially when the prez decides that saving his wife and daughter (sound like Bill?) is more important than stopping a madman from getting his hands on all the nuclear weapons in Kazakhstan - part of the former USSR). The really scary part is that Americans are intended to applaud this decision as being reflective of their national spirit. The really, really scary part is that it is. No wonder the rest of the world hates Americans so much.
Harrison is more Harrison than presidential (who really expects the president of the USA to be a matinée idol?) and really doesn't know how to sell the infamous "Get off my plane" line. He's just too mature and sensible to be Bruce Willis. Meanwhile Gary is busy being a lunatic (because all terrorists are lunatics with little control over their violent tendencies), shouting at and spitting all over whoever is in his face. It's a shame to see someone who can perform Rosencrantz and Guildernstern so well do Korshunov so badly. Glenn, on the other hand is very Vice-Presidential - a second stringer forced unwillingly into the first string just when it gets to a knot. Likewise, Dean is a full-on politician trying to not only do his job, but advance his own career.
Watching this flick is like having McDonald's (another joyous American icon): you know it's crap but it's cheap crap and it fills the gap.
Security censorship classification
M (Medium level violence, low level coarse language)
Surveillance time
124 minutes (2:04 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
VHS rental: Undated November 2001
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