
The President of the USA goes to Moscow and gives a stirring speech outlining the USA's new "Zero-tolerance" policy with respect to terrorism. On the flight home, terrorists take over Air Force One (the President's official plane) and take the passengers (including his wife and daughter) hostage. The terrorists plan to execute one hostage every half-hour unless/until their demands are met. However, the President is a former Medal of Honor winner, so the terrorists may be in f... (Full plot summary below)
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The President of the USA goes to Moscow and gives a stirring speech outlining the USA's new "Zero-tolerance" policy with respect to terrorism. On the flight home, terrorists take over Air Force One (the President's official plane) and take the passengers (including his wife and daughter) hostage. The terrorists plan to execute one hostage every half-hour unless/until their demands are met. However, the President is a former Medal of Honor winner, so the terrorists may be in for a surprise...
Leave your thoughts about Air Force One.
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesThe intelligent and clever script has enough humor to break the tension periodically. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDares to present a flat-out heroic president, without the safety net of irony. It succeeds. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversDirector Wolfgang Petersen puts such a fresh spin on the familiar that it all works like gangbusters. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonFord makes such a dynamic president in Air Force One, you may find yourself favorably weighing his odds in Iowa and New Hampshire. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaAn exciting, entertaining variation of the Die Hard formula where our kick-*** hero is none other than the President of the United States. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyWell executed action thriller by Das Boot German director Petersen, which is rather weak in plot and characterization. |
| TIME MagazineRichard SchickelThe stalking struggle between reason and unreason that precedes it is much more gripping--and fun. |
| EmpireIan FreerFulfils all its early promise, delivering a well oiled, no-nonsense, supremely entertaining crowd pleaser. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellA meat-and-potatoes American thriller that means business all around the world. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyViewers looking for old-fashioned movie thrills as a change of pace from the glut of alien and digital-oriented features might paradoxically enjoy the feeling of being back on terra firma with this airborne adventure. |