The story line is weak and the acting a little "stiff" in places (sorry Dennis and Stephen) but overall the film is good to watch and have some fantastic skydiving scenes to enjoy. "Star" (Maxine Bahns) is gorgeous and fits the role well,beautiful to look at and would definitely pass as a DZ babe - if she's looking for a hubby, look this way :-) "Red Line" (Tom Berringer) is not the right person to be cast in the role in my view) has a few wooden moments but is good none-the-less. I've watched the film countless times, its enjoyable and for skydivers one of the rare treats where we get to see lots of actual skydiving. I'd recommend the film to watch, especially on dark and windy days at the DZ

This movie with its excellent skydive scenes gives the viewer a good idea of what this fun, exciting, and spectacular sport is really like. It would look even better on a big screen. Other movies, like Drop Zone or Terminal Velocity have a similar story complete with skydiving and cops chasing criminals, but Cutaway is better and more realistic than either. Even the part about having good freefall skills after all that wind tunnel training in Fort Bragg, S.C. is believable. Of course he (Officer Cooper) still had much work to do with this canopy control skills (Remember some of his landings!). All throughout the movie, the jump scenes were enjoyable to watch as they were so authentic looking. You could tell these scenes were actually filmed in the air above Florida and not in a studio or with a computer. The story itself is also quite believable; no doubt many kilos of drugs have been parachuted into Florida or elsewhere. Even the name of the movie was chosen well; you actually do cutaway if your main parachute malfunctions. Besides all of the above, it had some funny parts also.This movie never made it big like other movies in 2000, which is too bad. Nowadays, for an action movie to be popular it appears to need a lot of expensive special effects. Cutaway may have been too realistic for most of today's viewing audience. If you want to see those amazing special effects you won't like this movie, but if you want a good fun action movie with some element of reality, this one's for you.Presently, I am a skydiver with my A license. After watching this movie, I am eagerly looking forward to getting my B license so I can do relative work (or formation jumps). If you've never jumped before, watching this movie may well convince you to try this fun sport. If not, you'll certainly want to go out to a drop zone and watch others jump. Blue Skies!

Here is another movie with the great Tom Berenger in it. I have it on (dvd) and I can't get enough of it! If there was ever a movie made that deserves a sequal this is the one. My only change in the sequal would be to have Julie Bowen take Maxine Bahn's place or to simply add her to the cast. Julie Bowen from what I have read about her enjoys skydiving. Let's put Stephen Baldwin and the rest of the skydiving experienced talent into another great movie or in this case a great sequal!

I was wondering when the camera would 'cutaway' from all the skydiving here & give us some actors in their acting mode!! Whew!! So much for dizzying heights!! I've had enough!Movie Point: Don't 'cutaway' your fomer life to engage in death-defying stunts just for the thrill of it. You'll either break the law or end up dead. RedLine (the ever-interesting Tom Berenger) does both. So does Turbo (the ever-weird Dennis Rodman). This was really Stephen Baldwin's film. He had the most screen time although Tom Berenger has top billing. Baldwin's FBI infiltrating the world of skydiving so he can nab Berenger selling drugs to keep his head in the clouds, sorta speak. The two become 'air buds' before Berenger cuts loose from his parachute & purposely falls to his death as Baldwin reads him his rites in the air. If you're a Berenger fan, keep watching him here. He needs to lose the earring but I think he has it just to endear him to the younger crowd he's mentoring. He's a no-nonsense skydiving teacher!