(Originally reviewed: 16/02/2017) Well I'll say this; Terminal Velocity is so bad it's almost good but even I can't quite buy its preposterous third act. The film begins grounded, it establishes character's and gets the story set up but then later on there's an absurd twist that is fairly stupid and obviously implausible which tells you right away the rest of the picture will follow suite. Charlie Sheen plays the lead character (Ditch) who gets entangled within the situation upon agreeing to an unscheduled sky diving lesson, in which he meets a young lady called Chris played by Nastassja Kinski; these two are pretty good here and have some nice chemistry but there romance is hardly as interesting as one would expect. The supporting cast features James Gandolfini (Ben Pinkwater), Cathyrn De prume (Karen) and Christopher McDonald as Kerr to name a few; however I think the acting all round is on a decent level and would consider the main problem with the film; it's lack of sense and it's at times poor writing.The picture is never as smart as it thinks it is; and there's plenty of clichés like breaking and entering and leaving the key switch cabinet wide open and the silly rocket getaway which I have seen before when it was actually original and plausible in a science fiction film and didn't need cheap, pointless slow-motion. I did however like it's comic appeal; there's some witty one liners that land such as a scene between Sheen and Gandolfini where he offers Sheen a piece of candy and upon taking one Gandolfini says "don't take them all" which I found well timed and certainty amusing. Another example is when Sheen is arguing with Kinski and says "great, were going on a guilt trip", there are quite a few of these that work and they help add something decent to the film.There is unfortunately noticeable corny dialogue as well including one line that is intended to be funny but just sounds too cheesy e.g. "Run, I haven't even stretched". Deran Sarafian (director) does showcase some good stunts but nothing I haven't seen before; but the blame has to go to writer David Twohy who probably is responsible for a useless scene where during a shootout a random old man who happens to be a bystander happens to find a rocket launcher and fires it randomly and then gets shot, I really do not get his purpose in the film but I'm guessing they wanted another explosion. I gave up all hope of any sort of well-structured plot during its third act which involves Sheen's character opening a trunk of a car in mid-air, while searching for the keys and taking his time; there's no way he would be able to get her out in time before the car hit's the ground; even superman would have been proud with that hilarious rescue.Then there's the usual fight scene where a villain in still alive and appears to stab one of the protagonists; and yet she fine later on and during them moments Sheen's character goes berserk thinking she's gone and does your standard fight sequence which doesn't end so well for the villain; we've seen it all before and better. This film has some quirky moments but overall its implausibility and poor story get the better of it, so thumbs down.

A Russian woman is searching with her lights off in the dark foggy Arizona desert when a 747 lands almost on top of her. Later, she's back at home when two thugs kill her. Richard 'Ditch' Brodie (Charlie Sheen) is a former gymnast who never made it to the Olympics in Moscow. He runs a parachute school but his latest idiotic stunt got him in trouble with the FAA. Chris Morrow (Nastassja Kinski) claims to be an amateur and hires Ditch to teach her first jump. In the air, he turns his back and Chris apparently falls out of the plane to her death. Ditch is blamed by everybody and he goes to investigate. Ben Pinkwater (James Gandolfini) claims to be a deputy district attorney threatening to prosecute him. Ditch finds Chris along with her pilot Lex. She actually an expert and they had faked the accident. She promises to clear his name if he accompanies her on a jump. It turns out they are all laid off KGB agents and they're after the plane filled with Russian gold.There are a lot of crazy action set pieces. It's not about logic or reason and the story is not the best. The rocket sledge and the car coming out of the plane are simply over the top. The problem is that the movie tries to straddle both sides. It wants to be silly action with comedy but it also has a serious Nastassja Kinski with a deadly KGB story. Charlie Sheen is playing an irreverent character which comes a little too close to his 'Hot Shots!' movies. There is a calibration problem. It may work better if it goes for straight up comedy and ridiculousness with a funnier relationship.

I can't say I'm too surprised that Terminal Velocity gets such a low IMDb overall rating and was a box office loss, making just $17 million dollars, $33 million short of its budget, but that's a bit misleading: it's not exactly bad, it's just that it isn't very good. It is something of a curio. It many different ways, not least the toe-curling 'macho' dialogue, it seems more like a refugee from a cheesy Seventies TV series than a Hollywood film. Why it was made I really couldn't guess. It would be entertaining enough if you have enough beer and chips handy and an evening to kill - and you're not to choosy - but don't bother going out of your way to see it. Win some, lose some, I suppose.

I own this movie ( VHS ) as well as having seen it more than two times, I REMEMBER NOTHING! I guess there was a sky-driving boom in the 90's, I blame the movie Point Break, and born from that ridiculous craze we have a Charlie Sheen film. The plot is about ...I don't know?...Russians?...A pretty lady actress who may or may not have slept with Charlie Sheen?...I mean, I don't know...I should have retained something but no, I got nothing! It's an utterly forgettable movie made for mysterious reasons. I say mysterious because as a porno it would have made more money-as a movie without Charlie Sheen it would have made more money- as a straight up action movie without the skydiving it would have made more money- so what the f*ck were they thinking? Y'know, why did they think this would work? It's a mystery.