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One of my all time favorites.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Am not gonna lie, i love this film because it shows Kiefer Sutherland developing the talent he would need for 24- in terms of his emotional acting skills. But the film itself is a small gem. There's just something about that makes me watch it every once in a while & that time was 13/05/2011. Like Jack Harris's struggle to cope with the situation & its just great to see Kiefer act, his voice, perks of the way he acts, things he does- everything just does it. A hard days work & i was in the mood to watch it. There's just a determination inside of the film that you appreciate. But yeah, Kiefer Sutherland and the actors around him did a good job. Its clearly a low budget film but the storyline and how it all takes places more than compensates. This isn't a film about big bangs and special effects: its about showing acting quality and giving great performances. Also there are small touching moments that all add- with a good soundtrack that aids the emotion. This film isn't about any one scene.

I wish just once film makers would stay consistent with their aircraft (it's not that hard, and very noticeable) a 747 was crashing at the beginning, but with L1011 wreckage. Then the 747 "Transgolf" turns into a 737 on the outside and a 727 on the inside, lovely. Plus, everything just goes wrong doesn't it. The "Transgolf" plane incident seems remarkably familiar to the United plane that crash-landed in Cedar Rapids, IA a few years back too.All in all it's somewhat fun to watch but you have to realize that it's so obviously stupid and these seemingly minor inconsistencies bring down the quality of the film so much.

If any airport in the US were this badly maintained, it would be shut down before you could say 'Thrust Reverser'. The number of thing that go wrong here and the jury-rigged way this tower is put together is almost comical.Having said that, Keifer's acting is rock solid as always. Kelly McGillis is not so bad, and Buffy takes an unusual turn as a nerd. Not anything I would go out of my way to see, but not bad if you come across it on TV either...Note: The steering by way of using the thrust on the engines was a real life incident. Unfortunately, the results were not quite so good.BTW, why didn't Fonzie just bang his fist on the computers to fix them? Ayyyy!!!

Really good cast in this movie let down by V. poor writing. While I never worked in ATC I am familiar with ATC procedures and flight procedures. There are so many technical holes and plot holes in this mess you could fly a 747 through them. Also the lack of atmosphere and tension is palpable and it's not helped by the obvious one stage set. Shame as the concept had the potential for an interesting movie.