Air Force One

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Air Force One

R

Released Jul 25, 1997

2h 4m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

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After making a speech in Moscow vowing to never negotiate with terrorists, President James Marshall boards Air Force One with his family and advisers. When a group of terrorists led by Ivan Korshunov hijacks the flight, the President's principles are put to the test. Feigning escape, ex-solider Marshall stows away in the aircraft and must race against time to rescue his family and everyone else on board.

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Critics Consensus

This late-period Harrison Ford actioner is full of palpable, if not entirely seamless, thrills.

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Duane Byrge

The Hollywood Reporter

This pulsating political actioner should prove cathartic for mainstream viewers who yearn for a decisive, gutsy executive branch of government.

Jul 26, 2019

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: A

Sep 7, 2011

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Manohla Dargis

L.A. Weekly

Most of the time it's a kick.

Oct 3, 2002

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Sue Robinson

Radio Times

The midair mayhem never lets up in a stunt-filled thriller that's brimming with nasty villains and daring deeds.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 2, 2024

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Brian Rowe

InSession Film

An entertaining thrill ride...

May 3, 2023

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Air Force One ultimately isn’t so much “Die Hard on a plane” (Fly Hard?) as much as it’s a Top Gun for grown-ups -- military hardware in the service of a red-white-and-blue chest thumper.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 19, 2023

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Mitchell S

It is intense, I'm not gonna lie. But it's a thrilling, intriguing action movie with high stakes and a cunning Harrison Ford.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/21/25

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Ryan L.

Harrison Ford & Gary Oldman make what would otherwise be a pretty generic movie so much more fun than it should be

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/10/25

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Ricardo B

Entre o final da década de 1980 e grande parte da década de 1990, muitos filmes tentaram recriar a magia de "Duro de Matar" (1988), um dos meus top 3 filmes de ação preferidos. E embora "Força Aérea Um" seja, basicamente, "Duro de Matar" em um avião, a combinação do carisma de Harrison Ford com um dos icônicos vilões surtados de Gary Oldman são mais do que suficiente para nos engajar nesse confinado e claustrofóbico suspense de ação, mesmo que trama seja perfeitamente familiar. As surpresas são poucas, mas a diversão é abundante e garantida.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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Ryan H

A classic political action thriller! Harrison Ford & Gary Oldman have never been better!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/06/25

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Gordo R

Great action movie with the always dependable Harrison Ford. It's a bit long but it's entertaining.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/25

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Max G

This movie, if you are looking at it from a perspective of Sophocles is and amazing film. The tragic hero, the president has good fortune and a rise in the peoples favor. Then there is the Hero's decline with his tragic flaw of trusting everyone on his plane. The only part of the movie that strays from Sophocles' criteria is at the very end. Sophocles likes a tragic ending, but this movie has a reuniting of the presidents family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/25

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Wolfgang Petersen

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President James Marshall

Gary Oldman

Ivan Korshunov

Glenn Close

Vice President Kathryn Bennett

Wendy Crewson

Grace Marshall

Paul Guilfoyle

Chief of Staff Lloyd 'Shep' Shepherd

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Synopsis

After making a speech in Moscow vowing to never negotiate with terrorists, President James Marshall boards Air Force One with his family and advisers. When a group of terrorists led by Ivan Korshunov hijacks the flight, the President's principles are put to the test. Feigning escape, ex-solider Marshall stows away in the aircraft and must race against time to rescue his family and everyone else on board.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Producer: Jonathan Shestack, Gail Katz
Screenwriter: Andrew W. Marlowe
Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment [br], Columbia Tristar, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Buena Vista International [us]
Production Co: Radiant Pictures, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Beacon Communications
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 25, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 21, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $172.7M
Runtime: 2h 4m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround

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