Air Force One (1997)

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Rating: R

Release Date: Jul 25, 1997

Running Time: 118 mins.

Running Time: 124 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews, Paul Guilfoyle, Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell, Tom Everett

director: Wolfgang Petersen

The President of the United States, James Marshall, takes a tough anti-terrorist stance and then becomes a hostage himself when Air Force One is taken over by terrorists from Kazakhstan, led by Ivan Korshunov, who demand the release of their fascistic leader General Radek. The President seems to escape from the plane in an emergency capsule yet is actually hiding on board. He silently kills a member of the terrorist group before establishing contact with F-15's to engage the hijacked plane. As passengers escape by parachute, Marshall is captured by Ivan and forced to release General Radek, setting in motion an international incident.

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Harrison Ford never saw battle -- he was a conscientious objector. And we all know Bill Clinton's service record. But in the eruptively exciting "Air Force One" -- the real deal in an action-thriller deluxe -- the fictional president played by Ford puts teeth in the title of commander in chief. Give this president a bullwhip and a fedora and he's Indiana Jones. Ford is in peak fighting form as James Marshall, a former soldier with combat stripes and a short fuse when it comes to terrorists. Push…