When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.
Acting
Gary Oldman chews scenery as unhinged terrorist
Practical Effects
Real plane sets, real tension, zero CGI nonsense
Stunts
Ford doing his own fight scenes at 55, legend
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Harrison Ford
James Marshall
Gary Oldman
Ivan Korshunov
Glenn Close
Kathryn Bennett
Wendy Crewson
Grace Marshall
Liesel Matthews
Alice Marshall
Paul Guilfoyle
Lloyd Shepherd
Xander Berkeley
Agent Gibbs
William H. Macy
Major Caldwell
Dean Stockwell
Walter Dean
Tom Everett
Jack Doherty
Jürgen Prochnow
Alexander Radek
Donna Bullock
Melanie Mitchel
Michael Ray Miller
Colonel Axelrod
Carl Weintraub
Lieutenant Colonel Ingraham
Elester Latham
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Air Force One crew loved the film so much they screened it onboard the actual plane.
This film basically invented the 'competent action-President' archetype that haunted 2000s political discourse.
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