U.S. Air force officer Hank Thomas attempts to expose a military cover-up after a civiian airliner crashes.
Acting
Shatner delivers every line like he's personally offended by the script
Practical Effects
Charming low-budget military hardware and explosion workarounds
Production
Somehow squeezed Cliff Robertson in for like three scenes
Director
Phillip J. Roth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of four movies William Shatner made in 2001, all direct-to-video, in what fans call his 'paycheck era.'
Falcon Down belongs to a specific late-90s/early-2000s wave of paranoid military thrillers fueled by X-Files hangover and pre-9/11 distrust of shadowy government agencies.
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