I thought this was hysterical, actually. It's got all the clichés of airplane disaster movies mixed in with a cliché that kind of went down the tubes after the eighties- the 'evil rock & roll guy' cliché. I only saw this on HBO, but if I had a copy, I'd probably serve it up on a movie night alongside "Trick or Treat" and "Black Roses" and "Rock and Roll Nightmare" and "Monster Dog" and "the Dungeonmaster"; it just fills that bill so nicely. I agree with the person on the postboard tho, Slade is no Marilyn Manson. Rather, the way he turns the situation to his own advantage in the end made him pure Rozz Williams to me.Give this turkey a try; altho remember, as we learned from WKRP in Cinncinati, turkeys do NOT fly. :)

This has to be one of the most entertaining movies I have ever seen. My friends and I, hating our lives, decided what better way to lift our spirits than by seeing a shitty movie? I suggested a movie I saw part of on Cinemax, so we rented it.The rest is history.I have never had a night like the night I watched Turbulence 3. It is, by far, one of the worst films I have ever seen, yet I find myself watching it every time it comes on television (which is very, very often - especially if you have those multi-channel Cinemax packages). Seriously, I don't know why, but I probably watch this movie at least every two weeks.And it never fails to bring in the laughs.This movie is highly recommended if you have nothing to and are looking for some seriously fun laughs, a la Mystery Science Theater 3000 (witty banter not included though).My favorite line is when Jack Fletcher, a pilot with an latent speech impediment, says, "Hewwo, Slade? This is Jack Fwetcher, and I'm a pirate." Favorite scene: The FCC.

This film has terrible acting. It has a terrible plot. It has terrible music (and I like metal). It wastes the talent it has.But it's sheer brilliance.I simply cannot describe how superb this film is. It goes so far beyond awful that it becomes a work of unbelievable quality. Right down to the moment when Slade Craven, the action goth, renounces Satan and prays to God to help him land the plane.It's got it all - the moralistic hacker who fights the corporations for the little guy, the cute FBI girl who is chasing him but falls for him after he helps save the day, the girl wanting to make it big in TV news and finally getting her break now, the cliched heavy metal fans, the laughable attempts at kung fu, Rutger giving it the most OTT suicide attempt ever...Watch it for the laughs, and you'll discover a gem.

I keep seeing bits and pieces of this embarrassing film on Cinemax as I check to see what other, BETTER, fare will be on later. So I haven't seen the whole thing, and never will either. I first saw the opening ten minutes where it appears a 747-full of ridiculous punk-goth stereotypes are boarding to go to some concert. There's the slutty groupies, the mohawks, the chains, the leather, the whole deal. The dialogue -- along the lines of "We're gonna ROOOCCCK!" -- made my skin crawl and so I switched the channel, assuming this was just another made-for-cable space-filler.Tonight, I catch the last 20 minutes, and was amazed to find the likes of Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), Gabrielle Anwar (Scent of a Woman), Craig Sheffer (Cecil B. Demented) and Joe Mantegna(!) in the cast. Things must be getting very very competitive in the film industry for so many notable names to slum in this dreck. I was astonished to watch the climax consisting of the old "the pilot's dead and an amateur has to land this 747", but with a twist -- the plane is being brought down by the lead singer of the rock band! Imagine Marilyn Manson on cocaine behind the stick of an airliner, that's what happened. Craig Sheffer as some sort of hoodlum with a flight simulator at home talks him down, and when he succeeds, Gabrielle (a law enforcement officer there to arrest this guy) decides to let him boff her instead. Mantegna looks despondent and disgusted as the plane lands and wanders offscreen, and I felt the same way. I'm sure all involved are embarrassed by this.