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Sometimes we just want to watch a good action thriller. Most modern action thrillers, sadly, are plagued with poor scripts, substandard directors and b-list actors who rely on their ability to throw a punch or kick extra high. Wolfgang Peterson\u2019s Air Force One<\/a><\/em> is definitely not one of those failed films.<\/p>\nAir Force One<\/em> mainly takes place onboard the titular presidential airplane. On his way home from a critical meeting with the leader of Russia, President James Marshall (played by Harrison Ford), his advisors and his family are taken hostage by a group of Kazakhstani terrorists (led by Gary Oldman) who are dead-set on reestablishing the old Soviet Union. As Marshall battles the terrorists on the plane, his vice-president (Glenn Close) is forced to make a decision about presidential incapacity.<\/p>\n I find it interesting to watch any pre 9\/11 film involving terrorism. I don\u2019t think a film like this would have been made in a post Bin Laden world. At one moment in the picture, an American fighter pilot decides to sacrifice his life to save the president. When I first saw that scene, I remember someone in the theater saying, \u201cnow there\u2019s an American hero.\u201d I also remember silently agreeing with him. In today\u2019s environment, I doubt anyone would regard a scene in a film the same way, when the real life stories of heroics and patriotism seem to be larger than any Hollywood production.<\/p>\n But regardless of that, Air Force One <\/em>still ranks as one of my favorite action thrillers. Peterson\u2019s direction is superb and the incredible ensemble of actors makes this a much-watch film. From beginning to end this is a non-stop thrill ride and although it\u2019s entirely implausible, it\u2019s still a great deal of fun to watch.<\/p>\n If you are interested in a real heart pounder with some bite, Air Force One<\/em> is the film for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reviewed by William Conlin. Viewed on DVD. Sometimes we just want to watch a good action thriller. Most modern action thrillers, sadly, are plagued with poor scripts, substandard directors and b-list actors who rely on their ability to throw a punch or kick extra high. Wolfgang Peterson\u2019s Air Force One is definitely not one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}