After a shootout on a flight transporting prisoners, a flight attendant must outwit a smooth-talking serial killer and land the plane herself.After a shootout on a flight transporting prisoners, a flight attendant must outwit a smooth-talking serial killer and land the plane herself.After a shootout on a flight transporting prisoners, a flight attendant must outwit a smooth-talking serial killer and land the plane herself.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
- Marshall Riordan
- (as Richard Hoyt Miller)
- Marshall Green
- (as Michael F. Kelly)
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- TriviaDespite being a box-office failure when released theatrically, two direct-to-video sequels were made. This was due to the movie being one of the most rented home videos of 1997.
- GoofsWhen the pressure hull is breached, the copilot declares an emergency and requests permission to descend immediately, but Air Traffic Control says to maintain altitude due to traffic below. What should happen is that he starts the emergency descent first, then tells ATC what he's doing, and they immediately divert the other traffic to give him priority.
- Quotes
[Teri takes the drink orders]
Ryan Weaver: I'll have the complimentary champagne.
Marshal Marty Douglas: Like hell you will!
Ryan Weaver: Okay, I'll have a Bloody Mary.
Marshal Marty Douglas: Weaver!
Ryan Weaver: Hold the vodka, the celery and the Tabasco.
Teri Halloran: If you wanted a tomato juice, why didn't you just say so?
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- SoundtracksCarol o' the Bells
Written by Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych
(Incorrectly credited as Traditional)
Arranged by Shirley Walker
might be this stupid in your mind and make you afraid to fly. This is
one of those movies where no-one does anything sensible, from the
pilot, who, knowing that there are two violent criminals on board his
'plane, hears gunshots and goes out to see what's happening, to the
stewardess who's locked herself in the cabin because she KNOWS what's
going on, and then comes out because the bad guy tells her that her
friend is asking for her, despite the trifling fact that the cops, the
FBI, and the ground crew have all told her that her friend is probably
already dead, and they need her in the cabin to monitor what the
'plane's doing or everyone will be dead anyway.
You will, however, be pleased to learn that, after being set alight,
flying into a casino and a parking garage, having a truck wedged on its
undercarriage, and being fired at by a fighter plane (Not to mention
the scene, right out of 'Airplane', where the 'plane flies upside down
for a while, entirely of its own volition...), the aeroplane itself
emerges unscathed.
This isn't so bad that it's good, it's so bad that it should have been
strangled at birth, and I'm a pacifist by nature.
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Box office
- Budget
- $55,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,538,235
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,464,008
- Jan 12, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $11,538,235
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1