Air Force One is hijacked, and POTUS himself, being a decorated war veteran, takes on the terrorists. POTUS being the President of the United States. Add Harrison Ford in the lead, and this can't be good.
In all fairness. To watch this movie in a post The West Wing world is rather unfair. Aaron Sorkin presented Air Force One, presidency, and concerns about who's in charge during distress, in that show in a way making Wolfgang Petersen's movie a couple of amateur hours. This movie was however made two years prior to Sorkin's epic saga began.
I'm anything but impressed by Ford's acting. I'll give him a lot of credit for spotting good roles in huge movies, but as an actor he's extremely limited in my eyes. Air Force One is not one of the good roles he's spotted, and as far as the acting goes it just confirms my opinion on that matter. There's however quite a lot of good actors in supporting roles among the senior staff.
And finally. You can't just compare this movie to the Sorkin's TV show, as this movie is supposed to be an action most of all. It's not. The plot stinks, the credibility is non existent and the solutions is cartoonesque. Air Force One is nothing but a waste of time. The only thing I got from it is this question about the girl portraying the First Daughter; whatever happened to Liesel Matthews?
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