This was the first rated R movie I saw when I was a kid, Gary’s character pissed me off! 😂 He’s so good at acting, so many different types of characters over the years
"GET OFF MY PLANE!" Fun Fact: Gary Oldman's performance earned him the nickname "Scary Gary" during production. However, he did not stay in character between the scenes. Wolfgang Petersen called the filming experience "Air Force Fun" because of how comedic and genial Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford would be off-screen. He also said that Gary Oldman would suddenly return to the menacing film persona instantly. Harrison Ford has since named Gary Oldman as his favorite on-screen nemesis. Also, Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman are actually hitting each other during their fight scenes.
Harrison Ford seems like such a grumpy guy during interviews and such but apparently he's great to work with. It seems like he loves acting and nothing else about the job xD.
I have to admit that, having last watched this film literally in the theater back in 1997, and having seen the “Get off my plane!” clip a ton of times since then, I was a little surprised to realize how early in the film Gary Oldman’s character (the Hans Gruber of the film) is killed, and how the final act concerns a totally different villain.
What I love most about Harrison Ford is his uncanny ability to look vulnerable while still being strong. The quivering lip here, a trembling hand there, a dazed expression, etc. if you want to see Glenn Close at her best, watch Dangerous Liaisons with John Malkovich which is superb. Great reaction.😊
Executive Decision is a good one too with Kurt Russell, John Leguizamo and more. 1996. Other Harrison Ford movies that are great are Witness, Working Girl, Patriot Games and Regarding Henry.
Goldsmith is my GOAT for film score composers, and this is another example why. Great score. You said it he always understood what he was doing to add to the film and often did it in crunch time.
@@stang5755 Gremlins is a great example where he does a creepy horror score for one and then turns it into a chaotic cartoon score for the other, and yet he makes the same theme work perfectly for both.
1997 was a great year for action and/or sci-fi films: Air Force One, Con Air, Face/Off, Tomorrow Never Dies, Conspiracy Theory, Starship Troopers, Fifth Element, Men in Black, Contact, Gattaca, etc...
When the bad guys take the cockpit, the co-pilot didn't give in after they shot the captain. He was pulling the throttles back to try to force the landing.
Look at 28:24. Pause it. Oldman's characters nearly has tears in his eyes . That's what a great actor he is. He didn't play the guy as a one dimensional monster. He's a villain who's convinced he's the good guy, doing whatever it takes for his country. He doesn't want to kill the girl, and is moved by Ford prioritizing his family over his job. He can't say it, but he can show it in his eyes.
Gary Oldman plays an amazing freaking villain in this movie. Immediately they show that he is not one to f around MiG is an acronym for Mikoyan and Gurevich, the names of two Soviet aircraft designers. So basically just a Russian aircraft.
Calling a MiG "just a Russian aircraft" is a little like calling a Zero "just a Japanese plane", or the Raptor "a US jet" MiGs were feared for good reason and Air Force One isn't exactly a fighter jet with excellent maneuverability or supersonic speed...the president was right to have his butthole pucker a little extra.
Hell yeah! It drives my Mom crazy. Every time it’s on TV, every time I’m about to play it. It doesn’t even have the name “Air Force One”, it’s just: ……😡“GET OFF MY PLANE!”. It usually garners an eye roll 🙄 response from everyone 🙂
The "I'm in charge" at 8:51 was a reference to Secretary Al Haig who said the same thing after President Reagan was shot. He wasn't in charge at all since VP Bush was fine.
I still think of the F-15s hitting afterburners and the one pilot diving in front of the missile as the quintessential "America, fuck yeah" scenes, at least as far as air combat goes. Even more than Top Gun or anything :) Whether that vibe is cheesy, offensive or just cool is up to the viewer, but I can't help but do a little fist pump haha.
The "old football" hasn't merely been invalidated or canceled...it "sucks". A quote for the ages, Daniel! I love seeing first-timers react to this one. Glad you guys had fun. Another Wolfgang Peterson thriller that you should definitely see is "In The Line Of Fire" with Clint Eastwood.
I highly recommend Pstriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. Kevin Costner was originally cast, dropped out and recommended Harrison Ford to replace him.
in the first scene we finally get with Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman together, while filming, Gary broke character and said to Harrison, "Aren't you Indiana Jones?"
8:50 That "I'm in charge" is a reference to real life events when Secretary of Defense, Alexander Haig stood up in front of the cabinet and declared “I'm in charge here" after President Ronald Reagan was shot in an assassination attempt in 1981.
Had Regarding Henry on VHS and used to watch it all the time. Loved that movie. Then everything went to DVD/Blu-ray and I lost track of it and have kinda forgot about it. I need to rewatch this great movie. Hopefully TBR and Sam will do both these movies. Sabrina is one I still have and watch regularly.
I’ve watched other reaction channels and your editing is the best. You hit all the points to keep the story cohesive and flowing. So many reaction channels butcher it. 👍🏾
This was a movie I missed when it came out but I did know its most quotable line, "Get off my plane". Another great action movie from the 90s. And you're right Harrison doesn't portray your typical highly trained, super strong heroes. He's more of your "everyman" hero...so the punches he gives have a lot of heart and emotion and as much force behind them as a regular guy would have. He's kind of like Bruce Willis, not the standard 80s/90s hero build, but they're relatable and you like them so you root for them when they strike a blow to the villain. This is a great cast. William H. Macy, Gary Oldman and Dean Stockwell (Quantum Leap) and many other supporting cast that I recognize from other things I've seen. But I have to say I LUV Glenn Close!! She's well known for Fatal Attraction, but I first saw her in "Dangerous Liaisons" with Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich and a few other now famous people you'd recognize. If you've ever seen Cruel Intentions...it's the same premise, except with a much more mature/dramatic approach to the storytelling. I'd highly recommend it. I'd also check out: "Hamlet"....we know how it ends but the modern telling is SO good "The Wife"...I think EVERY woman should see this film I don't know if Harrion's ever played a villain...it's not the vibe he gives off and so probably doesn't get asked to do them, unfortunately. If you're looking for more HF films, I'd check out: "Frantic"...an underrated kind of thriller/drama "Witness"...a well known drama/suspense "Regarding Henry"....an lesser known, quieter drama If you're looking for more HF action, you can always check out "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger"....the rest of the Jack Ryan movies that began with Alec Baldwin began in The Hunt for Red October.
I always wince when Ford hits his first baddie with that stool! The sound effects make me hear his head/jaw being hit by the stool. The music is as good as Ford, Oldham and Crewson.
My absolute favourite non franchise Harrison Ford film! And one of my all time favourite films in general! Thank you so much for reacting to it. This film deserves a lot more love.
Absolute classic 90s action movie. With so much soul and purpose. They dont do them like that anymore. Glad I grew up with it. Always tearing up at certain scenes, especially when the glorious soundtrack hits.
Even if they send Spiderman and he managed to get inside Air Force One, all the Russians have to do is send their pilot after Spiderman, and he'll ask him: Peter... rent money?
Great reaction as always guys .. that guy Harrison Ford has that special something that makes the movies he's in a "WOW"... From American Graffiti to Han Solo to Indiana Jones... 😎
Great reaction. Any Air Force plane that the President is on is given the callsign Air Force One. That's why the AFSOC C130 changed its callsign from Liberty 24 to AF1. I actually handled AF1 at LAX in 1980 with Carter on board.
The opening piece of music ('Parachutes') is a belter - they use it several times, but it's really hummable. It's like 'When Johhny Comes Marching Home', you don't have to be American to get fired up hearing it.
This is a spectacular summer action flick and among the earliest I saw. Gary Oldman delivered an utterly intense and terrifying performance while Harrison Ford brought out the action hero in a great way. The final confrontation was intense and Ivan's demise iconic and symbolic given his actions.
If anyone asks, I'm not watching a movie at work. I'm watching someone else watch a movie at work. Totally different thing. Besides, these legal files aren't going anywhere.
From this director (Wolfgang Petersen) I can't recommend you enough his 1985 sci-fi classic "Enemy Mine"... To put it simple, one of the greatest movies ever made...
I will never not giggle at the fact that Wolfgang Petersen, who is so well known for directing _Das Boot_ and _Air Force One,_ also directed _The NeverEnding Story,_ a favorite ot mine. The man had range. 😂
A deleted scene that was taken out shows Gibbs motivation. He was former CIA and had high standing during the Cold War. He wanted General Raddick to take over and start a new Cold War so he could go back to his old job. So he gave the Clearance for Gary oldman and his men, whom he Gibbs knew from his cia days, to get on the plane.
@@miller-joel Indeed, a traitor all the way; but what patrick posted answers a question the reactors had all the film: "Gibbs is going to do something to support the hijackers?" The answer is clearly: no, for the reasons in patrick's answer: Gibbs' motivations are mostly personal ambition, not any sense of loyalty to Raddick's cause. He didn't participate in this for his idea that an all antiamerican Kazakhstan is the way of the future for the region (thus, he is not going to become a martir and out himself killing the president in front of witnesses). A side note: we could argue that, even in their despicable actions, Gary Oldman's group had a bit more "honor" in their objectives than Gibbs (after all, they where really in it because they believed in that cause). "I can't believe a person in that position would betray everything just for a job..." It's not unheard of (not to that scale), but during Cold War some members of the intelligence in the United States did sell state secrets to the USSR and defected under the promise of "more prestigious positions" in shaping a world not fully dominated by the United States (of course, in many of those cases some pre existing political beliefs that USSR was the best leader of the world played a role in those incidents). And that's just speaking of the Cold War era, we can trace betrayals all over history for jobs... or even less (like the case of Benedict Arnold, that tried to surrender West Point during the Independence War of the United States, and had to eventually defect to Great Britain, because he ambitioned to be recognized as a great soldier and strategist... and, eventually, never got what he ambitioned, on either side). Nontheless in political fiction, there's always been the fear that the worst enemy of any security system is personal ambition; the moment you may piss a person in a sensible position, whose ego is bigger than its sense of duty/patriotism... that's a potential recipie for disaster.
@@jp3813 technically still in the 90's. there is no year 0, so every decade starts with a year ending in 1 and ends with a year ending in 0; 1st decade 1 - 10, 2nd decade 11 - 20, etc.
Gary Oldman is one of my favorite actors. My favorite maybe 10 to 15 minute role he was in was True Romance where he plays a Jamaican Drug Lord. He is just an amazing actor
Harrison Ford does play a villain in some movies. The thing is, he's usually someone people won't think is a villain, so that's how he's used in those movies. That's why I can't really tell you what movies they are without ruining the movies.
One of the best cinema experiences I've had. I was 14 and my mum got free tickets, we had no idea what it was about, just that Harrison Ford was in it.
My extended family went out to see this in the dollar theater on Black Friday the year it came out. My dad and uncle were both aeronautical engineers who worked for the FAA… They spent the whole movie griping to each other about how nothing in an airplane works that way. Bullets should be blowing holes in the fuselage, etc. 🤣
I was thinking, best course of action might have been the moment he got that first gun off a bad guy, turn and put a round through a window and decompress the entire cabin. Deny that habitable space from the enemy, force an immediate landing or altitude reduction.
Radek is indeed played by Jürgen Prochnow, the captain of "Das Boot". He is a close personal friend of Wolfgang Petersen, which is why he accepted the part which could only be payed as a cameo (which is why he doesn't have any lines).
One of my favorite films from the summer of 1997. Much like Independence Day (1996), we were given a U.S. president that spoke truth with heart and as an former soldier, no holding back in kicking some serious a**. Gary Oldman in the 1990s was one of the greatest actors to play villains and as fanatic Egor Korshunov, perfect. Glenn Close as the first-lady vice president (a first on film, pre-Kamala Harris) felt really believable in how she handled the situation. The two main separate-sets, AFO (airborne) and Situation Room (on the ground) are directed very well. The camerawork matches and moves along every space perfectly just as they are IRL. I like the action sequences between the aerial battles and the confrontations on AFO, especially with Ford doing most of it and just being the rugged actor he is. Lastly, Harrison Ford as P.OT.U.S. is considered to be one of many beloved presidential portrayals (why not?). It's because Ford can pull off real performances in action/suspense films and nothing wrong with that. Hopefully you'll check out other classics by The late Wolfgang Petersen:Shattered (1991), In The Line of Fire (1993) with Clint Eastwood, The Perfect Storm (2000) with Wahlberg & Clooney and the remake of The Poseidon Adventure aka Poseidon (2006).
The Ramstein sequence was filmed at Rickenbacker Airport in Ohio with a REAL PLANE. Also, at some point two F-18s showed up and incredulously reported "It's Air Force One with bullet holes in it!" The air controller knew about the filming and set them straight. The 'bullet holes' were decals.
Great movie. One of Harrison Ford great movies. You should see it other great movies like Frantic, Firewall and his Jack Ryan movies . Also a great Drama with Harrison Ford is Regarding Henry. Other great airplane movies are Executive Decision , Passenger 57 and Flight Plan.
I forgot completely that there was supposed to be a joint U.S.-Russian operation at the start of this movie...Heavens we were optimistic about the future of U.S.-Russian relations in 1997.
This was the first movie I watched with my first Dolby Digital set-up. I had a surround speaker near a back door, and I kept pausing the disc to check if someone was outside every time I heard things coming from that speaker. Great movie. Wolfgang Peterson also directed In the Line of Fire and A Perfect Storm, both of which I enjoy!
A year before Air Force One, the underrated Executive Decision with Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, and a somewhat similar premise (but very different execution) was released.
If y'all want to find out more of the story and characters, I'd recommend y'all check out the novelization that did for the movie as it covers more things about the character's backgrounds and motivations, especially why Gibbs did what he did!
Definitely one of my favourite action/thrillers that I’ve watched multiple times…..and the dogfight with the Migs is such a rush! ‘Outbreak’ starring Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo is another favorite from the 90’s I’d love to see you watch.
When the fifth highest grossing film of its year with two Academy Award nominations headlining a star at the peak of his career is called...underrated by at least four people in the comments section almost thirty years later. Not every film that doesn't get Best Picture is underrated guys. Plenty of films are just really good and well-remembered. Air Force One doesn't fly under the radar. Brick, Thoroughbreds, Green Room, Good Bye Lenin, etc. those are underrated. Those are independent films headlining stars new to the scene or just before or after their peak (or before they died). Air Force One is decidedly not underrated.
That moment dracula, the djinn and a powerful salem witch attempt to hijack air force one to rescue the captain of das boot and face off against han solo, cruella de ville, al from project quantum leap and dr simon tarses
Harrison Ford plays negative characters in The Conversation (1974), The Mosquito Coast (1986), and What Lies Beneath (2000). Who ever imagined that a second Ford Administration would be exciting?
16:55 I love the idea that the hijacker maybe just thinks the president carries around a pocketful of tiny people that cheer whenever he introduces himself.
You really need to add The Perfect Storm, In The Line Of Fire, What Lies Beneath, and the other Jack Ryan movies to your watch list. You would enjoy them all.
Ah, the movie lovingly referred to as "Die Hard on a Plane", truly one of the greatest action films of the 90s. Fun fact, there isn't really an escape pod on Air Force One, but Bill Clinton tried to have one added after seeing this.
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Awesome movie
This was the first rated R movie I saw when I was a kid, Gary’s character pissed me off! 😂 He’s so good at acting, so many different types of characters over the years
Bingo!))
Get off my plane!!!
For Matilda
I feel like this is one of Harrison Ford’s most underrated movies, he’s great and his chemistry with Gary Oldman is gold
Air Force One was not an underrated movie. Lol. Its a well known masterpiece. One of Harrison Fords best movies.
"GET OFF MY PLANE!"
Fun Fact: Gary Oldman's performance earned him the nickname "Scary Gary" during production. However, he did not stay in character between the scenes. Wolfgang Petersen called the filming experience "Air Force Fun" because of how comedic and genial Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford would be off-screen. He also said that Gary Oldman would suddenly return to the menacing film persona instantly. Harrison Ford has since named Gary Oldman as his favorite on-screen nemesis.
Also, Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman are actually hitting each other during their fight scenes.
Harrison Ford seems like such a grumpy guy during interviews and such but apparently he's great to work with. It seems like he loves acting and nothing else about the job xD.
Thank you for the info.
I have to admit that, having last watched this film literally in the theater back in 1997, and having seen the “Get off my plane!” clip a ton of times since then, I was a little surprised to realize how early in the film Gary Oldman’s character (the Hans Gruber of the film) is killed, and how the final act concerns a totally different villain.
I love how he’s always just “William H. Macy” no matter what character he plays 😂
What I love most about Harrison Ford is his uncanny ability to look vulnerable while still being strong. The quivering lip here, a trembling hand there, a dazed expression, etc. if you want to see Glenn Close at her best, watch Dangerous Liaisons with John Malkovich which is superb. Great reaction.😊
Executive Decision is a good one too with Kurt Russell, John Leguizamo and more. 1996. Other Harrison Ford movies that are great are Witness, Working Girl, Patriot Games and Regarding Henry.
I feel like people missed the boat on two really good Kurt Russell movies from this era, Executive Decision and Breakdown.
@@RobFMDetroit Oh man Yes Breakdown was Great
I feel like if the real Steven Seagal were in that situation, he would also get stuck in a tiny tube trying to access a the plane.
@@jnyjelly32 lol, truth.
Absolutely Breakdown! Nobody reacts to that.
I want to put a word in for the late, great Jerry Goldsmith who always understood the assignment no matter what genre he was writing music for.
And he wrote and recorded the entire score in less than 3 weeks. With help from Joel McNeely. Wonderful score
Goldsmith is my GOAT for film score composers, and this is another example why. Great score. You said it he always understood what he was doing to add to the film and often did it in crunch time.
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Gremlins is a great example where he does a creepy horror score for one and then turns it into a chaotic cartoon score for the other, and yet he makes the same theme work perfectly for both.
In the Line of Fire would be a good follow up to this. Same director.
That is a great film
I agree, great film!
Plus we need another Eastwood reaction
Yes. It's also a vastly superior movie.
And much better film
"Clear and Present Danger". My all-time favorite Harrison Ford movie.
Yup.
"How dare you sir!"
Book was amazing too.
yep - please watch this
Excellent reaction! I saw this movie with my deceased mother and brother and this movie reminds me of them every time I watch it.
Thank you! I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m glad this film brings back great memories for you
1997 was a great year for action and/or sci-fi films: Air Force One, Con Air, Face/Off, Tomorrow Never Dies, Conspiracy Theory, Starship Troopers, Fifth Element, Men in Black, Contact, Gattaca, etc...
i saw every one of those in the theater.
@@penoyer79 lucky you!
starship troopers was amazing in theaters.
@@Robertsmith-un5cuSo you did your part?
One of the GOAT years for cinema, for sure!
Now THAT'S a President I would totally vote for. Can't wait to see him playing the President again in the new Captain America movie.
When the bad guys take the cockpit, the co-pilot didn't give in after they shot the captain. He was pulling the throttles back to try to force the landing.
Look at 28:24. Pause it. Oldman's characters nearly has tears in his eyes . That's what a great actor he is. He didn't play the guy as a one dimensional monster. He's a villain who's convinced he's the good guy, doing whatever it takes for his country. He doesn't want to kill the girl, and is moved by Ford prioritizing his family over his job. He can't say it, but he can show it in his eyes.
Gary Oldman plays an amazing freaking villain in this movie. Immediately they show that he is not one to f around
MiG is an acronym for Mikoyan and Gurevich, the names of two Soviet aircraft designers. So basically just a Russian aircraft.
Cool, thank you, I started reading about this aircraft design company.
Calling a MiG "just a Russian aircraft" is a little like calling a Zero "just a Japanese plane", or the Raptor "a US jet"
MiGs were feared for good reason and Air Force One isn't exactly a fighter jet with excellent maneuverability or supersonic speed...the president was right to have his butthole pucker a little extra.
"Get off my plane!"
You best believe folks went around quoting this one in that Harrison Ford gruff.
Hell yeah! It drives my Mom crazy. Every time it’s on TV, every time I’m about to play it. It doesn’t even have the name “Air Force One”, it’s just: ……😡“GET OFF MY PLANE!”. It usually garners an eye roll 🙄 response from everyone 🙂
It was the "This is Sparta!" of its time.
The "I'm in charge" at 8:51 was a reference to Secretary Al Haig who said the same thing after President Reagan was shot. He wasn't in charge at all since VP Bush was fine.
Even if Bush wasn't fine when that happened, Haig wouldn't have been next in line anyway. It would've been the Speaker of the House
Yup.
@AMERICANNERD76 Yup. Was it Top O'Neill at the time?
@reneedennis2011 Yep!
But that wasn’t really a military situation.
Did not expect the best moment in this Air Force One reaction to be
"I haven't seen _Stepford Wives"_
*"WHAT."*
🤣🤣
I watched this movie when I was stationed in Germany. When the F-15s showed up the entire theater went nuts. Love this movie.
I still think of the F-15s hitting afterburners and the one pilot diving in front of the missile as the quintessential "America, fuck yeah" scenes, at least as far as air combat goes. Even more than Top Gun or anything :) Whether that vibe is cheesy, offensive or just cool is up to the viewer, but I can't help but do a little fist pump haha.
First: Gary Oldman is perfect to play a villain. Second: Get off my plane.
this is all your fault 😡
The "old football" hasn't merely been invalidated or canceled...it "sucks". A quote for the ages, Daniel!
I love seeing first-timers react to this one. Glad you guys had fun. Another Wolfgang Peterson thriller that you should definitely see is "In The Line Of Fire" with Clint Eastwood.
Yup.
Another vote for What Lies Beneath. Underrated thriller with Hitchcock vibes.
I hoped they react to what lies beneath
Yup
I saw that at age 11 when it premiered in 1998. Scared me to death! I had a hard time taking a bath for months afterwards!!!
Seconded
I refuse to believe that movie ever existed 😂
Can't go wrong with any Harrison Ford flick. Also Gary Oldman is always amazing
I highly recommend Pstriot Games and Clear and Present Danger.
Kevin Costner was originally cast, dropped out and recommended Harrison Ford to replace him.
Seconded!
in the first scene we finally get with Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman together, while filming, Gary broke character and said to Harrison, "Aren't you Indiana Jones?"
😂😂
8:50 That "I'm in charge" is a reference to real life events when Secretary of Defense, Alexander Haig stood up in front of the cabinet and declared “I'm in charge here" after President Ronald Reagan was shot in an assassination attempt in 1981.
Correct, but Haig was actually Sec. of State.
@@mikesmoviereviewsYup.
LOL - I saw this in the theater, and when the President handed the gun to the traitor, the entire theater groaned.
"Regarding Henry" is actually my favorite Harrison Ford film. Highly underrated. Also, him in the remake of "Sabrina".
Another vote for "Regarding Henry"
I Really like the film Sabrina A Lot .
Why is everything underrated in the comment section these days. 🙄
+1 for Regarding Henry. And he’s not the bad guy per se, but a piece of sh*t at the beginning of the movie…
Had Regarding Henry on VHS and used to watch it all the time. Loved that movie. Then everything went to DVD/Blu-ray and I lost track of it and have kinda forgot about it. I need to rewatch this great movie. Hopefully TBR and Sam will do both these movies. Sabrina is one I still have and watch regularly.
I’ve watched other reaction channels and your editing is the best. You hit all the points to keep the story cohesive and flowing. So many reaction channels butcher it. 👍🏾
This was a movie I missed when it came out but I did know its most quotable line, "Get off my plane". Another great action movie from the 90s. And you're right Harrison doesn't portray your typical highly trained, super strong heroes. He's more of your "everyman" hero...so the punches he gives have a lot of heart and emotion and as much force behind them as a regular guy would have. He's kind of like Bruce Willis, not the standard 80s/90s hero build, but they're relatable and you like them so you root for them when they strike a blow to the villain.
This is a great cast. William H. Macy, Gary Oldman and Dean Stockwell (Quantum Leap) and many other supporting cast that I recognize from other things I've seen. But I have to say I LUV Glenn Close!! She's well known for Fatal Attraction, but I first saw her in "Dangerous Liaisons" with Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich and a few other now famous people you'd recognize. If you've ever seen Cruel Intentions...it's the same premise, except with a much more mature/dramatic approach to the storytelling. I'd highly recommend it. I'd also check out:
"Hamlet"....we know how it ends but the modern telling is SO good
"The Wife"...I think EVERY woman should see this film
I don't know if Harrion's ever played a villain...it's not the vibe he gives off and so probably doesn't get asked to do them, unfortunately. If you're looking for more HF films, I'd check out:
"Frantic"...an underrated kind of thriller/drama
"Witness"...a well known drama/suspense
"Regarding Henry"....an lesser known, quieter drama
If you're looking for more HF action, you can always check out "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger"....the rest of the Jack Ryan movies that began with Alec Baldwin began in The Hunt for Red October.
I always wince when Ford hits his first baddie with that stool! The sound effects make me hear his head/jaw being hit by the stool. The music is as good as Ford, Oldham and Crewson.
“Regarding Henry” is another great one with Harrison Ford and Annette Benning
Harrison as a tough lawyer ….
don’t want to give too much away.
I think you mean 'Benning'.
That movie is an emotional rollercoaster.
@@ooo_Kim_Chi_oooYup.
I don't remember if you've watched it, but "Dave" (1993) is an excellent movie.
Seconded!
I have watched some of that movie. It's good.
Amazing switch of character by the lead actor
@-M0LE Yup.
Dave has so much heart. Great film.
Holy crap!! I've seen this movies probably like 15 times and I never heard the extra Aahhhhhhh at 39:59! He's still alive!!! LMAO!!!! Classic.😂
My absolute favourite non franchise Harrison Ford film! And one of my all time favourite films in general! Thank you so much for reacting to it. This film deserves a lot more love.
Harrison's character here and Bill Pullman in Independence Day are the two fictional presidents I'd vote for. I just can't decide which.
Been too long since we have had a veteran as a president.
Absolute classic 90s action movie. With so much soul and purpose. They dont do them like that anymore. Glad I grew up with it. Always tearing up at certain scenes, especially when the glorious soundtrack hits.
You guys are so lucky to experience these great 70s 80s and 90s movies. Unlike some of the crap they’re showing today.
Glenn Close “FATAL ATTRACTION “ whew!!! Whew!!
Glenn and Michael Douglas!
( never cheat on your wife)
Nominated 8 times and no Oscar wins. She deserved it for Fatal Attraction if you ask me.
Bunny boiler, term c9mes from that movie
My favorite Action film “Get Off My Plane”
Sai do meu avião!
I love this movie. The hero. The villain! I LOVE when you two react to movies I grew up on. I was 17 when this came out but still.
Me too!
#1980 😜
Even if they send Spiderman and he managed to get inside Air Force One, all the Russians have to do is send their pilot after Spiderman, and he'll ask him: Peter... rent money?
The best grossing superhero in the MCU. Suddenly there are things you cannot afford? This is very curious!
😂😂😂😂
Great reaction as always guys .. that guy Harrison Ford has that special something that makes the movies he's in a "WOW"... From American Graffiti to Han Solo to Indiana Jones... 😎
Great reaction. Any Air Force plane that the President is on is given the callsign Air Force One. That's why the AFSOC C130 changed its callsign from Liberty 24 to AF1. I actually handled AF1 at LAX in 1980 with Carter on board.
Gary Oldman ruled this role. The changes between cold with a sudden dash of murder and ranting mad are brilliant.
The opening piece of music ('Parachutes') is a belter - they use it several times, but it's really hummable. It's like 'When Johhny Comes Marching Home', you don't have to be American to get fired up hearing it.
This is a spectacular summer action flick and among the earliest I saw. Gary Oldman delivered an utterly intense and terrifying performance while Harrison Ford brought out the action hero in a great way. The final confrontation was intense and Ivan's demise iconic and symbolic given his actions.
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“WHAT LIES BENEATH “
Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer!!!👍
That's a good, suspenseful movie.
If anyone asks, I'm not watching a movie at work. I'm watching someone else watch a movie at work. Totally different thing. Besides, these legal files aren't going anywhere.
Glenn Close and Christopher Walken in a Hallmark movie:
“Sarah Plain and Tall” so good!!
never saw the movie but we had to read the book in 4th grade. in 4th grade we read a bunch of newbery award winning books.
They messed with the wrong President on this flight, as he's a former Vietnam War veteran! It's "DIE HARD" meets Rambo" meets "Passenger 57".
Hey that's Jerry goldsmith!
Air Force One is one of the best action films ever made. Also don't forget for all the great work he has done Harrison Ford has NEVER won an Oscar.
There was a point when Harrison Ford had starred in six of the top 10 grossing films of all time. Three Star Wars. Three Indiana Jones.
From this director (Wolfgang Petersen) I can't recommend you enough his 1985 sci-fi classic "Enemy Mine"... To put it simple, one of the greatest movies ever made...
That's a good movie, with the late Louis Gossett, Jr and Dennis Quaid.
I will never not giggle at the fact that Wolfgang Petersen, who is so well known for directing _Das Boot_ and _Air Force One,_ also directed _The NeverEnding Story,_ a favorite ot mine. The man had range. 😂
I just love the one interview with him where he says: "Why am I spending my time in a cramped tube AGAIN?"
A deleted scene that was taken out shows Gibbs motivation. He was former CIA and had high standing during the Cold War. He wanted General Raddick to take over and start a new Cold War so he could go back to his old job. So he gave the Clearance for Gary oldman and his men, whom he Gibbs knew from his cia days, to get on the plane.
I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
@@miller-joel Indeed, a traitor all the way; but what patrick posted answers a question the reactors had all the film: "Gibbs is going to do something to support the hijackers?"
The answer is clearly: no, for the reasons in patrick's answer: Gibbs' motivations are mostly personal ambition, not any sense of loyalty to Raddick's cause. He didn't participate in this for his idea that an all antiamerican Kazakhstan is the way of the future for the region (thus, he is not going to become a martir and out himself killing the president in front of witnesses).
A side note: we could argue that, even in their despicable actions, Gary Oldman's group had a bit more "honor" in their objectives than Gibbs (after all, they where really in it because they believed in that cause).
"I can't believe a person in that position would betray everything just for a job..."
It's not unheard of (not to that scale), but during Cold War some members of the intelligence in the United States did sell state secrets to the USSR and defected under the promise of "more prestigious positions" in shaping a world not fully dominated by the United States (of course, in many of those cases some pre existing political beliefs that USSR was the best leader of the world played a role in those incidents). And that's just speaking of the Cold War era, we can trace betrayals all over history for jobs... or even less (like the case of Benedict Arnold, that tried to surrender West Point during the Independence War of the United States, and had to eventually defect to Great Britain, because he ambitioned to be recognized as a great soldier and strategist... and, eventually, never got what he ambitioned, on either side).
Nontheless in political fiction, there's always been the fear that the worst enemy of any security system is personal ambition; the moment you may piss a person in a sensible position, whose ego is bigger than its sense of duty/patriotism... that's a potential recipie for disaster.
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One of the reasons it was taken out was it didn’t go well with the test audiences whom had the same thinking.
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Good examples
Jurgen Procnow is General Raddik. He says not a word but Is a well known actor
Kinda harsh to not give him a line 😒
@@LtDan-rk4si But they get paid better when they do...
Its not surprising he's in it considering he worked with the same director in Das Boot.
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Sam was so offended that you've never seen Stepford Wives lol
One of my all time favorites. Love Harrison, love airplanes and love political thrillers 😅
You guys definitely need to do What Lies Beneath, Enemy of the State, and Conspiracy Theory. There's so many great 90s movies.
What Lies Beneath came out in 2000.
@@jp3813 technically still in the 90's. there is no year 0, so every decade starts with a year ending in 1 and ends with a year ending in 0; 1st decade 1 - 10, 2nd decade 11 - 20, etc.
@@CroMagJohnson Yeah, but pop culture operates differently. Nobody says that John Lennon died in the 70s, or that The Beatles broke up in the 60s.
@@jp3813 of course, which is why i said "technically." it doesn't make it any less true.
@@CroMagJohnson It ain't really a matter of true or false but rather relevance to the context of pop culture.
Gary Oldman is one of my favorite actors. My favorite maybe 10 to 15 minute role he was in was True Romance where he plays a Jamaican Drug Lord. He is just an amazing actor
Harrison Ford does play a villain in some movies. The thing is, he's usually someone people won't think is a villain, so that's how he's used in those movies. That's why I can't really tell you what movies they are without ruining the movies.
One of the best cinema experiences I've had. I was 14 and my mum got free tickets, we had no idea what it was about, just that Harrison Ford was in it.
My extended family went out to see this in the dollar theater on Black Friday the year it came out. My dad and uncle were both aeronautical engineers who worked for the FAA… They spent the whole movie griping to each other about how nothing in an airplane works that way. Bullets should be blowing holes in the fuselage, etc. 🤣
I was thinking, best course of action might have been the moment he got that first gun off a bad guy, turn and put a round through a window and decompress the entire cabin. Deny that habitable space from the enemy, force an immediate landing or altitude reduction.
😂😂😂😂
35:31 that sacrifice move gets me every time. Happy New Year everyone.
I rarely wanted the bad guys to die horribly so hard. This movie was so well done.
Harrison ford is iconic
I miss watching movies with people, you guys are the next best thing. Keep doing what you do. Really enjoyed that one.
Radek is indeed played by Jürgen Prochnow, the captain of "Das Boot". He is a close personal friend of Wolfgang Petersen, which is why he accepted the part which could only be payed as a cameo (which is why he doesn't have any lines).
One of my favorite films from the summer of 1997.
Much like Independence Day (1996), we were given a U.S. president that spoke truth with heart and as an former soldier, no holding back in kicking some serious a**.
Gary Oldman in the 1990s was one of the greatest actors to play villains and as fanatic Egor Korshunov, perfect.
Glenn Close as the first-lady vice president (a first on film, pre-Kamala Harris) felt really believable in how she handled the situation.
The two main separate-sets, AFO (airborne) and Situation Room (on the ground) are directed very well.
The camerawork matches and moves along every space perfectly just as they are IRL.
I like the action sequences between the aerial battles and the confrontations on AFO, especially with Ford doing most of it and just being the rugged actor he is.
Lastly, Harrison Ford as P.OT.U.S. is considered to be one of many beloved presidential portrayals (why not?).
It's because Ford can pull off real performances in action/suspense films and nothing wrong with that.
Hopefully you'll check out other classics by The late Wolfgang Petersen:Shattered (1991), In The Line of Fire (1993) with Clint Eastwood, The Perfect Storm (2000) with Wahlberg & Clooney and the remake of The Poseidon Adventure aka Poseidon (2006).
The Ramstein sequence was filmed at Rickenbacker Airport in Ohio with a REAL PLANE. Also, at some point two F-18s showed up and incredulously reported "It's Air Force One with bullet holes in it!" The air controller knew about the filming and set them straight. The 'bullet holes' were decals.
Thanks for the info.
The daughter is played by Liesel Matthews is a member of the Pritzker family. She has a net worth of over a Billion dollars.
Yup.
Love this movie
True in the movie, when the President is on another US plane, it becomes Air Force One.
Great movie. One of Harrison Ford great movies. You should see it other great movies like Frantic, Firewall and his Jack Ryan movies . Also a great Drama with Harrison Ford is Regarding Henry. Other great airplane movies are Executive Decision , Passenger 57 and Flight Plan.
I have a laser disc of Airforce One that I use as a mirror on my wall.
Lol I just watched this the other night. It was one of my dad's favorite movies. That's for reacting to this!
I forgot completely that there was supposed to be a joint U.S.-Russian operation at the start of this movie...Heavens we were optimistic about the future of U.S.-Russian relations in 1997.
Yup. Good point
*Executive Decision* (1996) is a similar movie, and equally good, imo. Great cast, too.
Yup.
This was the first movie I watched with my first Dolby Digital set-up. I had a surround speaker near a back door, and I kept pausing the disc to check if someone was outside every time I heard things coming from that speaker. Great movie. Wolfgang Peterson also directed In the Line of Fire and A Perfect Storm, both of which I enjoy!
A year before Air Force One, the underrated Executive Decision with Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, and a somewhat similar premise (but very different execution) was released.
Also the same year another airplane move was released: Turbulence. The 1997 movie starring Ray Liotta and Lauren Holly
One of the 90s awesome movies ever!! Together with The Fugitive, Die Hard with a vengeance
If y'all want to find out more of the story and characters, I'd recommend y'all check out the novelization that did for the movie as it covers more things about the character's backgrounds and motivations, especially why Gibbs did what he did!
I like to imagine this is an unoficcial sequel to Ford's Jack Ryans movies!
Definitely one of my favourite action/thrillers that I’ve watched multiple times…..and the dogfight with the Migs is such a rush! ‘Outbreak’ starring Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo is another favorite from the 90’s I’d love to see you watch.
When the fifth highest grossing film of its year with two Academy Award nominations headlining a star at the peak of his career is called...underrated by at least four people in the comments section almost thirty years later.
Not every film that doesn't get Best Picture is underrated guys. Plenty of films are just really good and well-remembered. Air Force One doesn't fly under the radar. Brick, Thoroughbreds, Green Room, Good Bye Lenin, etc. those are underrated. Those are independent films headlining stars new to the scene or just before or after their peak (or before they died). Air Force One is decidedly not underrated.
That moment dracula, the djinn and a powerful salem witch attempt to hijack air force one to rescue the captain of das boot and face off against han solo, cruella de ville, al from project quantum leap and dr simon tarses
Along with Agent Pierce and George Mason from 24.
(Albeit, the latter being a double agent.)
The actress playing the daughter is actually a billionaire heiress
Yup. She's related to IL Governor Pritzker.
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Yup. One of my favorite movies!
Harrison Ford plays negative characters in The Conversation (1974), The Mosquito Coast (1986), and What Lies Beneath (2000). Who ever imagined that a second Ford Administration would be exciting?
Quite the rat in Presumed Innocent.
@@kaykutcher2103 Greta Scacchi ... what can I say.
16:55 I love the idea that the hijacker maybe just thinks the president carries around a pocketful of tiny people that cheer whenever he introduces himself.
You really need to add The Perfect Storm, In The Line Of Fire, What Lies Beneath, and the other Jack Ryan movies to your watch list. You would enjoy them all.
That president is badass walking around with that MP5 😎
Ah, the movie lovingly referred to as "Die Hard on a Plane", truly one of the greatest action films of the 90s.
Fun fact, there isn't really an escape pod on Air Force One, but Bill Clinton tried to have one added after seeing this.
The soundtrack is amazing.
Yup.
Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt in :
“The Devils Own”
good movie, action, drama !
It’s basically Die Hard on a Plane. Still an enjoyable film.
Yup. Sudden Death is basically Die Hard at a Hockey Game.
Isn't that Passenger 57?
@SuRoFo It's both movies.
One of the top presidents in film history!
I know it's not this movie but you MUST also see What Lies Beneath!! Harrison Ford is a legend!!
For a non action Harrison Ford movie, I would recommend "Regarding Henry".