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Air Force One

Air Force One

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
2h 4m
Wolfgang Petersen's gripping thriller about an uncompromising U.S. President (Ford) who has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. 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. (Sony)

Air Force One

1997
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
2h 4m
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Rated 11 Nov 2014
80
69th
Kinda funny how the president can speak Russian, snap a terrorist's neck like a twig, hack the electrical system of Air Force One and still need help sending a fax.
Rated 17 Jun 2016
82
50th
If John McClane was President.
Rated 24 Feb 2007
19
10th
GET OFF MY PLANE
Rated 10 Jan 2010
50
48th
Holy shit those graphics at the end.
Rated 14 Nov 2009
68
50th
Ridiculously patriotic but somehow Harrison Ford makes it work. Heck, I'd vote for him!
Rated 01 Oct 2014
7
57th
Air Force One is an undeniably enjoyable 90's action film. It's absolutely ridiculous and completely unrealistic but I always enjoy watching it. Its incredibly patriotic and dumb but somehow to his credit Harrison Ford makes it work. Gary Oldman isn't at his best though. The President of the US turns action hero and singlehandedly takes down terrorists who have hijacked Air Force One. It's hilarious how farcical this film really is. And the finale defies both logic and gravity. GET OFF MY PLANE!
Rated 26 Jun 2011
60
37th
GET OFF MY PLANE!!!
Rated 17 May 2009
57
25th
Generic, patriotic action movie where Han Solo has been elected president of Coruscant and murders Armenian terrorists on a plane, or something like that. It doesn't even matter. Air Force One isn't bad, just average. Textbook average. There isn't a single aspect of this film that can't be described as average except its averageness, which is an extraordinary kind of averageness usually only reserved for confectionaries of British origin. Two hours of Gary Oldman cashing a paycheque.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
1
2nd
Wow! USA president is stealth swat superman! He rescues his family, USA, the whole world!!!! And Americans are watching this? Americans are stupid!
Rated 25 Feb 2007
6
55th
Another unintentionally hilarious, improbable film. GET OFF MY PLANE!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!1!!!!!!1111!!11!1!!!11111!1!!!!!!!
Rated 12 Jan 2010
2
15th
This movie is ridiculous. And wow did those special effects not hold up at all.
Rated 29 May 2008
85
68th
Harrisond Ford as the president of USA? Why not?!
Rated 10 May 2008
57
27th
Worth watching for the 'get off my plane' line. Other than that? Ehhh...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
35
22nd
Get off my plane!!!@@@!!!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
57th
Very surprised at how much I liked this. Some good nail biting action.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
67th
Harrison Ford for president! He's been Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan, and even John Book (Witness); now he's POTUS. The story is so implausible, the movie should be trash. But it works, it actually works! Oldman is slimey as always, and Close is believable as the veep. Great action!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
8
93rd
Of the many Die Hard knock offs, this might be my favorite; crazy intense with lots of killer fight scenes and snooping around. Harrison Ford is perfectly cast and I dare say that as villainy goes Gary Oldman's crazy terrorist here would almost be able to go up against Hans Gruber. Real Americans love Air Force One.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
68th
Really great action movie brought down by a few ridiculous scenes and some really poor CGI. Oldman totally carries the film (naturally), and it's always nice to see Dean Stockwell getting work. It's over the top, and completely laughable as a serious movie plot, but it's a great simple movie that does what it sets out to do.
Rated 09 Jul 2007
2
33rd
Get off of my screen.
Rated 16 Dec 2006
50
15th
This movie is kind of funny. Mostly when it's not trying to be funny.
Rated 19 Jun 2021
80
77th
President Die Hard I would probably be very uncomfortable with Harrison Ford flying me anywhere now. Trump's escape pods parachutes didnt deploy, aw nuts what a shame.
Rated 05 Feb 2018
83
76th
Secretly one of Ford's best films. Gary Oldman kills it as well.
Rated 12 Mar 2016
30
18th
"Get off my plane!" A truly terrible movie, make no mistake, but if you're in the right, mindless mood, cheesy fun. REALLY cheesy. But mostly awful. Harrison Ford often has this befuddled look on his face as if to say, "What the fuck am I doing in this crappy movie??"
Rated 06 Feb 2015
80
72nd
This really happened to Millard Fillmore. True story. I mean, they changed some of the facts, like the fact that Air Force One wasn't a 747 at the time, but the general plot remained the same.
Rated 27 Dec 2014
58
20th
Stupid but mildly fun.
Rated 12 Apr 2012
59
37th
Everything about Harrison Ford's face on that poster says, "GIVE ME BACK MY SON!" even though that's not the plot of this movie.
Rated 21 Jun 2010
90
54th
The family man of the film world, Harrison Ford. He did not disappoint.
Rated 06 Jun 2010
75
14th
Serious misuse of Gary Oldman. And Harrison Ford, I guess. And Dean Stockwell - probably more so than Harrison Ford - but still, Harrison Ford could have done better. And William H. Macy and Jurgen Prochnow were in this? Man, you can barely tell. And - you know, this is exactly the kind of movie Harrison Ford should be making around that time in his career.
Rated 21 Feb 2010
45
7th
It's a really silly film that tries to approach the president becoming a real life ass kicking hero as something serious to consider. It is played completely straight faced so there isn't even enough camp value to look back on fondly. It has some rather stupid plot devices and one liners. The effects are terrible even for '97.
Rated 24 Dec 2009
65
8th
An expensive, hollow thriller.
Rated 12 Oct 2009
35
11th
Until Snakes On A Plane came around, this was the most stupid set-up for a aerial suspence-thriller.
Rated 06 Oct 2009
60
41st
President Ford demonstrates he's got the best odds for a second term since President Pullman.
Rated 12 Jan 2009
44
27th
A brainless film with a completely absurd plot. As an action movie, though, it's serviceable--doesn't waste too much time in the beginning before people start getting shot, keeps the tension up through one stupid turn of events after another, and finishes it all off with a massive explosion. Oldman is particularly fun to watch in this. And hot, also.
Rated 22 Dec 2008
85
66th
Harrison Ford doesn't get older, he just levels up.
Rated 14 Dec 2008
80
77th
GET OFF MY PLANE
Rated 11 Sep 2008
60
34th
Bad and one-dimensional? Yes. Is Ford a badass who could have successfully run for president after this? Absolutely. I think President Bush used this as his presidential ideal: watching a football game, not negotiating with terrorists, kicking their ass off his plane, then flying tethered to AFO just before it explodes - and there's no Congress to be found, thank God, and may He bless America.
Rated 19 Jul 2008
45
8th
Harrison Ford with the constipated face on the whole time. The plot is pretty much crap. Don't see it.
Rated 04 May 2008
50
22nd
Get off my plane!
Rated 24 Nov 2007
40
13th
American bullshit.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
15
1st
"I'm counting on you, red, white and blue."
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
44th
One of the better action-thrillers of the nineties. Harrison Ford is unbeatable, and Gary Oldman, as always, is incredible.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
61
38th
git off my plane lolz
Rated 22 Mar 2007
74
38th
Go back and watch it again, it's cheesier than you remember. Plus it ends like a half-hour after what seems like the logical closure point.
Rated 18 Mar 2007
69
39th
Action packed but pretty average overall. It's a fun thrill ride but nothing more.
Rated 08 Nov 2023
40
38th
"'Die Hard' on a plane". And it's every bit as dumb as that premise sounds. It seems built as a fantasy film for young American boys. Most of the entertainment value came from, when every time Harrison Ford's president would kick some terrorist ass, yelling "Go Biden!"
Rated 03 Jul 2023
65
39th
It's a decent thriller action, Ford and Oldman know their jobs. The effects at the end are laughable.
Rated 28 Apr 2023
55
31st
The protagonist of the story, a working class Presidential staffer, successfully sends a vital fax message to the White House and is able to organize the parachuting escape of the civilian hostages on Air Force One. She daringly escapes alive, later to be appointed as postmaster general.
Rated 03 Dec 2022
62
49th
If you can get pass its sillier "90s action movie" trappings, and suspend disbelief enough to buy quinquagenarian Ford as an action hero, there's enough to like. Not least that, old or not, Ford has charisma to spare and it's impossible to go wrong with an Oldman (heh) villain.
Rated 25 Sep 2022
67
29th
Fun enough concept, with a handful of exciting action scenes, helped by some punchy music, sound effects, and editing (though let down by some embarrassingly horrendous CGI). It had potential, but it's too superfluous (particularly Oldman's villain and his theatrics), I just kept imagining a more Greengrass-esque remake of this, since this kind of premise would come across far more rushed and hectic, rather than time-wasting gloating.
Rated 23 Aug 2022
89
73rd
It helps that I really love Harrison Ford. He has the same vibes as the president in Independence Day.
Rated 02 Aug 2022
80
90th
Great movie. So Russians are on board the Air Force One Airplane & they take every one hostage. There is a traitor among the president staff. So basically the Russians are demanding to release this Russian prisoner. They eventually do & then they shoot him. President takes control of the airplane. All the Hostages & the Russian Terrorists are dead. 5 min left in the movie about & you find out who the traitor is. Traitor smashes in the water in the Air Force one. They save the President.
Rated 01 Apr 2022
58
42nd
Utterly stupid but entertaining Ford vehicle made at the tail end of his prime star period benefits greatly from Petersen's slick and tense direction and Oldman's amusing performance as a Russian terrorist, which appears to be somewhat tongue in cheek. There are a few genuine moments of suspense, and the action is well executed. It is also a mild curiosity insofar as action films of this kind are basically direct to streaming fodder in today's market. How times have changed!
Rated 18 Feb 2022
88
85th
Excluding Indiana Jones and Star Wars, I think Air Force One is one of my favorite Harrison Ford movies, probably right alongside The Fugitive. Gary Oldman is also fantastic, and is another role he just totally transforms himself into. There's one specific shot of poor CGI that is unfortunate and could have been saved by using a miniature instead, but I can forgive that for the otherwise exciting suspense and action throughout.
Rated 02 Aug 2021
58
16th
POTUS is an action hero in this pretty mediocre action movie. This is at its most enjoyable when it embraces this outlandish premise in the action and stunt scenes, although those are far from impressing. It falters in the more serious discussion scenes, f.e. about whether to give into the terrorist demands or not.
Rated 18 Jul 2021
74
35th
Give me a movie with a high body count and I'm happy. It's a classic 90s action movie, for better and worse.
Rated 12 Jul 2021
60
6th
The moment Harrison Ford stopped giving a shit. Gary Oldman broke his back trying to carry this film.
Rated 20 Aug 2020
40
11th
A superhero or president?
Rated 15 Aug 2020
60
21st
İlk 15 dakika beklentiyi yükseltiyor ama maalesef sonrası vasatı aşamıyor. Bunda Harrison Ford'un aksiyon dışında hiçbir sahneyi kotaramamsının payı da var. Jerry Goldsmith harika.
Rated 10 Jul 2020
92
90th
Definitely a classic, classic action film - even if it IS just copying off of Die Hard. There's so much that I love about this film. In fact, I think this is one of Harrison Ford's best roles. Maybe not as big as Han Solo or Indiana Jones, but maybe in the same scene as Richard Kimble in The Fugitive. Lots of great moments here. Biased Score: 100% | Unbiased Score: 84% | Predicted Score: 76%
Rated 24 Apr 2020
58
27th
Was an ok watch with the kids
Rated 20 Sep 2019
70
49th
The acting is, shall I say, a little over the top (thats an understatement) but otherwise its quite an engrossing and gripping watch, once the plot has properly been established. Its certainly fairly cheesy but also very much entertaining and somewhat amusing as well. I thought Glenn Close gave a particularly good performance as the Vice President Kathryn Bennett. I would recommend this film if you like cheesy action films, otherwise perhaps not.
Rated 18 Sep 2019
4
17th
Just when you think it should be over, we're not even halfway fucking there! This film just goes on and on with the same thing on repeat. Nothing even happens in this dumb movie. If you've seen the trailer or a small synopsis you can guess exactly what will happen. Spoiler alert for those who don't like to deduce: the President (played very well by Ford, frankly) is forced to take matters into his own hands and fight the terrorists. Can you guess who wins?
Rated 05 Jan 2019
10
10th
Viciously effective
Rated 12 Oct 2018
41
41st
I love a good slightly disgruntled Harrison Ford performance. This is fun if not completely generic and predictable late 90's action with even more dated CGI.
Rated 14 Sep 2018
76
52nd
Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman elevate what is essentially Airport meets Die Hard beyond its cliches. It's a touch too long and the pacing is uneven. However the finale is terrific. All in all Air Force One is a fun action flick.
Rated 28 Jun 2018
5
24th
Fairly generic America-centric terrorist-thriller with a foreign villain who actually makes some good points, but they're literally never acknowledged by the person he's talking to (the surprisingly poignant moral self-examination of the President's opening speech disappears from the script quite quickly). Still, the limited claustrophobic setting contributes to a number of suspenseful hide-and-seek sequences, and the action's decent even if the visual effects are pretty cringe-worthy.
Rated 08 Aug 2017
72
47th
Air Force One may not be the most thought-provoking political thriller, but it's undeniably fun.
Rated 08 Jan 2017
55
24th
C+
Rated 04 Sep 2016
50
15th
Pretty typical, middle-of-the-road, 90's action movie.
Rated 04 Jan 2016
80
13th
A fun movie to watch with my circle of friends.
Rated 14 Oct 2015
85
33rd
Good acting and actions!
Rated 10 Sep 2015
96
73rd
After making a speech in Moscow vowing to never negotiate with terrorists, President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) boards Air Force One with his family (Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews) and advisers. When a group of terrorists led by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman) hijacks the flight, the President's principles are put to the test. Feigning escape, ex-solider Marshall stows away in the aircraft and must race against time to rescue his family and everyone else on board.
Rated 26 Aug 2015
2
1st
It would be funny if it wasn't so po-faced.
Rated 29 Mar 2015
47
15th
2.36/5
Rated 07 Jan 2015
50
10th
Because i am The President and this is my plane, motherfuckers.
Rated 18 Dec 2014
70
28th
Suspenseful action on a plane.
Rated 25 Oct 2014
74
35th
I might be looking back at the past through rose-colored glasses again, but I remember "AF1" as a sharply-drawn, if basic, containment thriller in the "Die Hard" vein. And as ripoffs of the Bruce Willis classic go, it's a corker, with perhaps the last great Harrison Ford action star performance.
Rated 09 May 2014
76
47th
While completely ridiculous with some bad one-liners, Air Force One is consistently entertaining popcorn entertainment.
Rated 14 Apr 2014
71
25th
An okay action flick that at times can be a little too nationalistic for better or for worse however, Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman are both decent in the film and that makes it enjoyable somewhat even with the crazy plot the film has.
Rated 26 Jan 2014
35
26th
Die Hard on a plane, but, get this: Die Hard is the President. Too serious to be fun and campy but at the same time too silly and stupid to evoke any genuine suspense. Also, every decision Glenn Close made as the Vice President was terrible.
Rated 03 Jan 2014
79
54th
This late-period Harrison Ford actioner is full of palpable, if not entirely seamless, thrills.
Rated 01 Jan 2014
60
25th
So much national insecurity on display here and it comes with shitty effects. Go Mr President, you go girl.
Rated 18 Dec 2013
64
37th
This is pretty much the quintessential 90s American action movie. Russian terrorists, a soundtrack of high violins and big horns, and lots of Harrison Ford shouting about MUH FAMILY
Rated 22 Oct 2013
74
48th
74.000
Rated 26 Aug 2013
71
43rd
Entertaining die hardesque action flick starring Harrison ford as the president of the US/kick asser of all terrorists world wide and Gary Oldman as a disgruntled Russian. Some bad scripting here and there, but Oldman's memorable bad guy and over the top acting well makes it up for it. Good for multiple watchings.
Rated 20 Aug 2013
40
19th
The external plot was hardly engaging or credible, and the internal psychology was predictable.
Rated 11 Jul 2013
80
26th
Spoiler alert: The whole movie can be summarized in one line: "GET OFF MY PLANE!"
Rated 06 May 2013
70
5th
As an action movie, this is quite fun, once. As an actual MOVIE-movie with rewatch value? Eh.
Rated 07 Oct 2012
52
5th
the badass president counter-attacks!
Rated 23 Jun 2012
50
23rd
4 of 4 -- Entertainment. 0 of 2 -- Food For Thought. 1 of 2 -- Opens The Heart. 0 of 2 -- Sustainability Values.
Rated 18 Dec 2011
65
51st
recommended
Rated 19 Nov 2011
80
18th
Good movie, solid Harrison Ford man's man performance.
Rated 14 Nov 2011
82
58th
Harrison Ford kicks ass as the president! Gary Oldman as another top notch bad guy! Great mindless action fare!
Rated 18 Aug 2011
79
75th
Solid fun action thriller. One of fords most memorable performances as his presence dominates the movie as he single handedly wipes out the bad guys. Piss poor cgi.
Rated 03 Aug 2011
40
23rd
"It was you?!"
Rated 30 Jul 2011
65
69th
USA
Rated 21 Jul 2011
78
51st
This late-period Harrison Ford actioner is full of palpable, if not entirely seamless, thrills.
Rated 07 Jun 2011
42
14th
Completely uncompelling and unrealistic, especially at the end.
Rated 29 Apr 2011
60
36th
I imagine this is what George W. Bush's daydreams were about while he was in office. Just change a few nationalities and it's spot on.
Rated 27 Apr 2011
40
11th
What was awesome when I was 7 is now, to my surprise and disappointment mostly hokey. By this time, Ford is already in Angry Old Man mode, which makes for a fairly boring performance. Nobody else from this great cast seems awake except, as always, Gary Oldman, who never brings anything other than his A-game. The special effects are lousy, with dishonorable mention to the evacuation from the plane, and the idea of the film is just so damn silly.

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