Communist Radicals hijack Air Force One with The U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from Washington D.C., while the President, a Veteran, fights to rescue the hostages on board.
26 August 1967, Arzamas-16, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Sarov, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]
6 July 1967, Palo Alto, California, USA
22 October 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 December 1955, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
20 November 1974, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 November 1959, San Diego, California, USA
19 March 1947, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
24 April 1959, Dallas, Texas, USA
9 May 1956, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
10 June 1968, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
11 August 1950, Riga, USSR [now Latvia]
10 September 1931, Toledo, Ohio, USA
29 June 1954, Seal Beach, California, USA
16 June 1959, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Everything about it was unreal, except it did a big box office.January 22, 2002
It's a great ride.January 22, 2002
Moments of silliness are more than balanced by Petersen's extraordinary ability to keep this movie flight-worthy, Ford's almost-executive presence and an outstanding performance from Oldman.October 03, 2002
Most of the time it's a kick.May 11, 2001
Air Force One doesn't insult the audience. It is crafted by a film-maker who takes pride in the thrills and sly fun he packs into every frame.July 23, 2007
As the familiar cat-and-mouse plot unfolded, I let myself enjoy the unapologetic masculine thrills.December 06, 2004
It's embarrassing to see [Ford] hanging by a thread ... behind his own 747. No image better fits the fragile state of his [career] at this point... he's losing his grip.June 10, 2009
[An] unabashedly jingoistic action extravaganza starring Harrison Ford as...'The Ass-Kicking President'...[Blu-ray]February 19, 2013
Well executed action thriller by Das Boot German director Petersen, which is rather weak in plot and characterization.June 05, 2002
Unfortunately, as the film winds to a close, claustrophobic tension once again gives way to overblown digital effects and set pieces.April 12, 2002
...it flies on and on until its power to hold us simply peters out.February 14, 2001
Seeing the president of the United States as a kick-butt action hero pretty much sums up the appeal of Air Force One