This is from 1997 and I just now got the chance to see this on TV by accident.Wow, what utter tosh! I don't even know where to begin. Harrison Ford as president with Ninja skills, Glenn Close with ridiculous peroxide hair trying to sound serious? Nah, my favourite thing is that it - of course - is the evil, evil Russians who capture the president's plane, I mean, who ever else, right? We all know that Russia is oh so evil (and I mean really EVERYbody there, no exception) as the media constantly tells us. And of course the baddie's name is even Iwan - played by Gary Oldmn, who is as Russian as I am a nuclear scientist.So yeah, hail to the good old prejudice and please US movie makers, make another one with evil Russians, I just can't get enough Oo

IM not going to go through the whole story since by now everybody knows the story.And my only comment is the same one I make every time I see it and that is when Harrison Ford at the end of the fight with Gary Oldman says "Get Off My Plane!"I always add the words"You Son Of A Bitch!"because i am sure he would have said that if the writers had written that in!And indeed it would have gotten a lot of applause from the people who saw it in the movies.And I told that line to friends of mine who have seen the movie and they agreed that it would been a great line for Ford to say.Thanks so much for the pleasure you gave movie fans over the years

No matter how many times I see this film, I am always on the edge of my seat. The tension of wondering if the president will be rescued is just a small part of it. It's hard to believe that my emotions are always the same; I guess this is what makes a good film.Every actor in this film makes me believe they are who they are portraying from the military officers to the "future postmaster general". The scenes between the president and his daughter -- well they are priceless! And the President and First Lady moments just make me want to put these two in the White House. I also like Glenn Close's version of the Vice President Bennet and her faith in President Marshall.

Harrison Ford plays... well, basically Harrison Ford, only he's President of America. And that's pretty believable. He's at his most charming all the way through the film – basically Han Solo crossed with Indiana Jones. It doesn't take much imagination to see how easily he was 'elected' into the White House. But of course the cons of being the most powerful man in the world means that people like Gary Oldman will try and slip on board your plane, take your family hostage and threaten to murder them unless he gets what he wants. In this case... some rogue dictator general needs freeing from prison, but that's by the by. All that matters is that President Ford (no, that's not his name, but I can't remember what it was) is on the loose aboard the presidential plane, Air Force One, and not too happy about the unwanted guests.When I first went to see Air Force One in the cinema, the film 'Die Hard' was at the back of my mind. In Die Hard, Bruce Willis had an entire skyscraper to hide in while he picked off the terrorists one by one. I did wonder whether a film about a man trying to hide in a plane (even Air Force One) would actually be believable. I was wrong. Don't think that just because the action centres on one (slightly smaller) location that it isn't brilliantly tense.It's an action film, so if you're into your tense stand-offs and shooting bad-guys, you should love this. There are plenty of decent enough characters, but it's Harrison Ford who carries the film on his own. Like I say, he's at his most charming and you can't help but root for him. And it's worth mentioning Gary Oldman, who, whereas Ford is at his most charming, Oldman revels in his evil-doings. There's no mistaking 'good' and 'bad' in this film.It's nearly two hours long, but it doesn't seem that way. Just like its simple setting, it has an equally simple plot and you don't really need to use too much brainpower to understand anything. But then that's its major selling point – it doesn't try to be anything other than a rocking action film. And, based on that, it succeeds.And, when Barrack Obama steps down, I really think Harrison Ford should take up the mantle.