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Air Force One

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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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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 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: A Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Manohla Dargis L.A. Weekly Most of the time it's a kick. Oct 3, 2002 Full Review 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 Full Review Brian Rowe InSession Film An entertaining thrill ride... May 3, 2023 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Ryan H A classic political action thriller! Harrison Ford & Gary Oldman have never been better! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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