Air Force One (1997) is mostly an action packed fun ride. It stars Harrison Ford, Wendy crewson, Gary Oldman, Glenn close, and William H. Macy. The performances are well done. I enjoyed seeing Harrison Ford not only kiss terrorist ass, but also be a great family man and brave president. Wendy Crewson was good in her role as First Lady of the United States, she had some very emotional deep scenes that she handled with great skill. But out of everyone, Gary Oldman was hands down the best performance in this film. I absolutely loved his evil performance in this film, he was able to play this unbelievably evil terrorist so realistically and you never once doubted that he would follow through the atrocities he was saying he would commit if his demands were not meet. And then we have the Vice President of the United States, Glenn Close. Her performance wasn't quite to the level of Gary Oldman's, but I still really liked her in this character of hers. She came across as true to her values, tough as nails, and willing to do anything to keep her commander in chief, the first family, and everyone aboard Air Force Once safe. The action sequences are done very well, the script has a good pace to it and it's deep in sentiment and really makes you care about these characters in peril. 8/10 for Air Force One!

This action film focuses on the figure of the US president and his private airplane, Air Force One, which is abducted by politically motivated air pirates, willing to kill everything and everyone to liberate a dictator from Eastern Europe. Of course the film is a copious rain of US imperialist propaganda, with the US being the "world police" and champion of democracy. Despite all this, it is a good action movie, although there are already so many action movies on planes that ends up bringing nothing new other than the propaganda. The scenes in the presidential crisis cabinet are much more interesting than the scenes on the plane, with the several hesitations and fears of the presidential staff jumping into the public's eyes. These scenes greatly help the audience to get into the mood and get carried away by what they see. The end of the film lacks credibility and ends up implausible. Harrison Ford did a good job but reminds us a bit of other action movies where he shined, so it's not surprising. Gary Oldman did very well, almost stealing the scene from Harrison Ford. The worst of his interpretation is a fake Russian accent that makes the character a bit ridiculous. Glenn Close also does a good job, in a secondary character that ends up having some centrality in the plot. All the rest, unfortunately, is US self-praise.

One of the 'greatest' unintended comedies of all time. Holy Jheezhus! Not to be taken seriously. As Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman are my two favs actors, I expected a good movie, if not trite 'action' fare, but man o man, it is ridiculous. 1970's era special effects, terribly obvious green screens, stunts that violate the laws of physics....Should have been sponsored by Velveeta, the cheese factor is off the scale... from caricature bad guys to control panel display messages for the visually impaired, to the corny as hell 'narrative' radio messages, it is just a huge farce from beginning to end... lols-a-plenty for all!. Leslie Neilson would have been proud.

Throughout watching this movie I kept waffling between "this is a piece of crap, I've got to shut it off" and "this is freaking awesome!" So I sat through the whole thing.Yes, Air Force One has its moments of utter cheese but then there are also some surprisingly intense action scenes which mostly involved the actual plane, Air Force One or mid air refuelling or parachuting or fighter jets or Gary Oldman executing someone or Harrison Ford kicking ass.There's also some decent acting; Glen Close is really good as the Vice president as is William H Macy in what must have been an early role for him. Even Ford surprised me here with a couple of poignant scenes.The moments of flag waving patriotism and the ultimate "get off my plane" line upped the cheese factor but I have to admit in a fun way. 8/10/13