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Summary: Completely mad
Review: Turbulence is just plain stupidity from beginning to end. But there is so much fun to be had in the madness that it's always worth a mindless watch.
Our silly plot has Ray Liotta and Brendan Gleeson as serial killer and bank robber breaking loose from their captors aboard a virtually empty cross-country flight, killing the pilots and FBI before the runaway plane flies into a hurricane. Liotta promptly eliminates Gleeson and chases after stewardess Lauren Holly. All on Xmas Eve.
Yes it's highly ridiculous. But director Robert Butler brings strong, vigorous direction, piles on loads of wild atmosphere and lets cinematographer Lloyd Ahern get carried away with his consistantly stunning, crisp photography.
Action movies today nearly always have some ironic or political edge. Turbulence is just violence for the sake of violence. And why not? This is not a film made to change your life. It's just renegade entertainment.
Ray Liotta isn't quite scary as the serial killer as he goes way over the top. But, thankfully, is never campy (always a mistake when playing serial killers, coughhannibalcough). If your into movies about nasty Xmas' then this, Gremlins and Silent Night, Deadly Night are the movies you ought to watch.
The R1 DVD is in very cool Dolby 5.1 and is shown in the incorrect aspect ratio of 1.78:1 (16x9 enhanced) instead of the theatrical 2.35:1. The R2 DVD however is in Dolby 2.0 Surround but shows the film in the proper ratio of 2.35:1.
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Summary: Go Figure!
Review: Turbulence is plagiarism at its best. Think Airport, et al. The loose cannon, Ray something (i can't even bother to recall his name) goes around killing all the passengers and the cabin crew in the 747, except blonde Lauren Holly, who throws in a rather convincing act as an unconvincing character who gullibly falls for the former's schemes to lure her out of the cockpit from time to time. Meanwhile, the pyscho, with nothing to do on his hands. goes around thrashing things around if nothing strangulating some other victim. The plot is silly, the cast are a either bunch of maggot-sized brainees (case example: a. policemen who takes aim at Ray and doesn't fire, just to be shot down the next nanosecond) or they throw in an OTT performance (that Ray moron, without a doubt), and the movie is a waste of time. Of course, needless to say, Turbulence would be a surewin hands down at the Raspberry Awards -- a ceremony held for the worst movies of the year.
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Summary: FLY THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES
Review: TURBULENCE, directed by Robert Butler, is one of those escapist movies where you can't focus too much on the plot or the pure stupidity of the writers. Here's some thoughts:
THE SCRIPT: Does well, even though it's not hard to see from the beginning that Liotta's character is as evil as Elizondo's says he is---big problem, though: the writer has Lauren Holly doing some really stupid things, like leaving the cockpit, engaging in a conversation with her would-be killer, and frequently disregarding the people who are trying to land the plane! SCORE: 2
THE CAST: Ray Liotta goes over the top, but he's such a commanding actor that it works beautifully; Lauren Holly does well considering what the script does to her character; Rachel Ticoctin is warm and fuzzy as one of the flight navigators; Catherine Hicks (Child's Play) does a good job and doesn't deserve what happens to her, either; and Brendan Gleeson(28 Days Later) is vile as the prisoner who starts the whole mess. SCORE: 4
TECHNICALLY: Special fx are not overwhelming, but good; the scene where the plane crashes into the karaoke bar is stunning; the direction is fast-paced, but he should have strangled the writer; good sound editing. SCORE: 4 SUMMARY: Entertaining "Hollywood" movie; not as bad as some others felt.
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Summary: FLY THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES
Review: TURBULENCE, directed by Robert Butler, is one of those escapist movies where you can't focus too much on the plot or the pure stupidity of the writers. Here's some thoughts:
THE SCRIPT: Does well, even though it's not hard to see from the beginning that Liotta's character is as evil as Elizondo's says he is---big problem, though: the writer has Lauren Holly doing some really stupid things, like leaving the cockpit, engaging in a conversation with her would-be killer, and frequently disregarding the people who are trying to land the plane! SCORE: 2
THE CAST: Ray Liotta goes over the top, but he's such a commanding actor that it works beautifully; Lauren Holly does well considering what the script does to her character; Rachel Ticoctin is warm and fuzzy as one of the flight navigators; Catherine Hicks (Child's Play) does a good job and doesn't deserve what happens to her, either; and Brendan Gleeson(28 Days Later) is vile as the prisoner who starts the whole mess. SCORE: 4
TECHNICALLY: Special fx are not overwhelming, but good; the scene where the plane crashes into the karaoke bar is stunning; the direction is fast-paced, but he should have strangled the writer; good sound editing. SCORE: 4 SUMMARY: Entertaining "Hollywood" movie; not as bad as some others felt.
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Summary: Twenty Three Years Later...
Review: We might know "Airport 75" right? Now Twenty Three years later, we have "Turbulence." Both are 747s, both have no pilots, both have to make emergency landing. This movie should have been aptly named "Airport 97." The only actor that could take a beating was the 747 itself. Everyone else was clueless and unrealistic. Only if stewardesses were given pilot licenses. Lauren Holly didn't need the hairspray that Karen Black needed in 75.
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Summary: Dumb but Entertaining Disater Film.
Review: When a Psychopath Murderer and Rapist (Ray Liotta in a Over the Top Performance) abord in a airplane with U.S. Marshalls to fly from New York to Los Angeles to be in Death Penality. When one of the Convicts (Brendon Gleeson) killed four of the U.S. Marshalls and Two of the Pilots of the airplane. When the Psychopath gets loose on the plane, he slowly terrorise the crew of the plane and passegers. A feisty flight attendant (Lauren Holly), she could be the only one to stop the Psychopath and flying the plane to land in Los Angeles. Directed by Robert Butler (Up the Creek) made an Outrageous, Entertaining Thriller that destined to be a Camp Classic. DVD`s has an clean anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) transfer and an sharp Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. A Box Office flop in the winter of 1997. This film did better on Video than it did in Theaters. An fun (If far-featched) action-thriller. Orignally Filmed in Panavision. Grade:B+.
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Summary: Flight Attendant Kicks A**!!!
Review: Yes, the plot is stupid. Yes the cast is less than stellar (other than Liotta), yes you've seen others like this before...OR HAVE YOU?
Turbulence is a great ride from start to finish because it IS so predictable; you don't have to pay that close of attention and think too hard to get the plot but it is suspensful and a kick to watch Lauren Holly's character grow in her own self-confidence by the end of the film. At the beginning of the film she's the weak little blonde who lets men walk all over her. By the end she's a flight attendant who kicks butt.
Liotta, as always, does a great job portraying his character. As Ryan Weaver, a serial killer, he did his homework on the nuances that make "serials" serials. He uses his good looks and natural charm to get women to trust him, uses his brain to take advantage of a great situation in his favor, is emotionally manipulative, and then masterfully becomes a complete psycho all in the blink of an eye. Probably one of the best portrayals of a serial killer I've seen on the big screen for a long time.
Without spoiling the "big" moments in the film I will say that what happens to Catherine Hicks'(Child's Play, Star Trek IV, tv's 7th Heaven) character is a shame (sad, actually), one of the funniest moments of the film (in a sicko kind of way) is when Liotta "decorates" the plane with some of the passengers, and the ending is pretty schlocky and cheesy.
But all in all, I was certainly rooting for Lauren Holly's stewardess (sorry, "she's a flight attendant") when she outdoes Karen Black (Airport '77) by a mile in finally landing the plane and basically telling the officials on the ground to go to hell!
The photography is decent, a few of the special effects very cool, and there are a few real decent laughs along with a little gore. Oh, and you will never watch "It's A Wonderful Life" in the same light again!
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Summary: you've seen it before, but this one is good
Review: you've all seen movies where the bad guys seize the plane and reck havoc like in Con Air, Air Force One, Executive Decision and so forth. Liotta is dynamite in a tour-de-force performance as he kills off everyone on the plan except a few and Lauren Holly who has trouble dealing with the fact that a psycho is trying to kill her and she doesnt know how to land the damn plane. intense, violent and that is good enough for me.
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