Airspeed

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Summary: Great thriller for kids over 8!
Review: I saw this movie previewed before an audience of over a hundred school kids. By the middle of the movie they were cheering the heroine and totally engrossed in the action. Parents and kids will both enjoy the suspense, and the girl who plays the lead is great.

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Summary: AIR(port 1975) + Speed (2) = Airspeed
Review: Not much new here. It's all been done before. The title says it all. Same plots, for the most part. You're better off getting Airport 1975 and, if you must, Speed 2. Good for an afternoon popcorn movie though. Just make sure you have enough to keep you occupied.

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Summary: Not Just Any Airplane Movie!!!!!
Review: Okay, yes you have people flying in a plane and all of a sudden something happens, but this in not your ordinary airplane movie nor is it your ordinary DVD. Elisha Cuthbert (Are You Afraid Of The Dark) stars as Nicole, a 13-year-old spoiled daughter of parents who own a software company. On her way to her parent's convention, the plane she is traveling in with two of her relatives gets hit by lightning, knocking the pilots and everyone on the plane oncouncious except for her, and not to mention, making a hull-breach in the plane. Now it is up to Nicole to, of course, take matters into her own hands. She has many helpful tools and air-tower support to survive. Will she make it? You will never know unless you buy this DVD now from Amazon.com! This unique DVD comes in a very unique jewel case which is thinner than any case I have seen and saves space on the shelve. Upon inserting the DVD, the main menu has tons of action immediately. All the scene selections are displayed in full movie motion so you can easily see what you need to jump to without the hassle of guessing. Excellent movie score. Great acting Elisha!

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Summary: Are you all joking?
Review: they should put this movie on mystery science theatre. must have been the funniest movie to make comment at i've ever seen. it had the most ridiculous plot. how come they didn't bring any profesionals in to help out. instead the air traffic controler guides her in. yeah, this is a keeper. be lookin for it on next year's oscars.

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Summary: Elisha can save the plane but not this movie
Review: This B movie is obviously only being released on DVD because of Elisha Cuthbert's recent rise to fame. While we wait for '24' part four and 'The Girls Next Door II' Elisha fans like myself are passing the time by reviewing her early work on Canadian children's television. The sad thing is I remember seeing this movie on Cinamax one summer.

The plot: Elisha is flying home on her father's (Joe Mantegna) company jet when a lightening bolt knocks the crew unconscious, leaving only Elisha to fly the plane as Joe Mantegna in a control tower talks her down.

The review: As nice as it is to see little Elisha when she was 15, seeing her behind the controls saying, "I can't keep it steady." for 90 minutes is pretty boring. She doesn't move around or change outfits enough. It's hard to believe someone thought this would be a good movie. If you want to see young Elisha I recommend 'Believe' also on DVD. 'Believe' is just as B but Elisha does a lot more.

To settle the dispute here on the Amazon reviews, Elisha is 15 in this movie NOT 13. Her character Nicole is 13.


Rating:
Summary: Absolute cheese on toast but pretty good all the same
Review: This was an easy to watch air disaster movie with some fairly good acting and only a small amount of ham from the hysterical parents of the 13 year old girl trapped on the out of control plane.

Joe Mantegna plays the frightened father whose money and high social position can't buy his bratty but surprisingly likable daughter's safety and the little known actress Lynne Adams gives a good rendition of a distraught mother in waiting.

Of course the whole situation is highly implausible but despite this it does make good watching if you want something pretty brainless and far fetched to get your teeth into.

The best acting was by far the young Air Traffic Controller along with Elisha Cuthbert who plays the girl in danger and there is no blood and gore to make you flinch, and the special effects though minimal are pretty good.

The plot is standard disaster fare which follows thus, girl in mortal danger, people rally around to save girl, more problems arise, more thinking is done in which amazing answers to all the dilemmas spring forward from various peoples minds and lips, disposable people in film are saved by girl (or they die, depends on the movie really!), and finally girl in a bid to save her friend left on plane when rescue attempt goes wrong ends up flying the plane and lands it safely!

Like I said totally implausible but still good cheesy popcorn watching and worth the four stars just for that alone!


Rating:
Summary: "It's not good or bad, it just is."
Review: Well, if you are looking for a good movie to make fun of, this is certainly it. The plot is rather ridiculous, and lacks realism to the max. Somehow a plane is struck by lighting, and this destroys several control components, and injurs the pilots. Somehow, the lights and radio are still functional, but a hole has been ripped in the side of the plane. But it's a good thing that the hole only sucks things out at oppoutune moments, but allows the girl to walk by without flying out of the plane on several occasions. And it's a good thing she has a cell-phone on board, for when the radio mysteriously explodes. And since there was no "do not attempt these stunts at home" disclaimer, I think I'll try jumping off the back of a refueling plane onto the landing gear of a nearby plane, hopefully suffering no personal injury, despite the high velocity at which I would be traveling.

Yes, a bad movie, but definitely worth seeing, it's a good laugh.

Oh yeah, and the box looks a whole lot like the box for Turbulence, another awesomely bad movie.

Rating:
Summary: "It's not good or bad, it just is."
Review: Well, if you are looking for a good movie to make fun of, this is certainly it. The plot is rather ridiculous, and lacks realism to the max. Somehow a plane is struck by lighting, and this destroys several control components, and injurs the pilots. Somehow, the lights and radio are still functional, but a hole has been ripped in the side of the plane. But it's a good thing that the hole only sucks things out at oppoutune moments, but allows the girl to walk by without flying out of the plane on several occasions. And it's a good thing she has a cell-phone on board, for when the radio mysteriously explodes. And since there was no "do not attempt these stunts at home" disclaimer, I think I'll try jumping off the back of a refueling plane onto the landing gear of a nearby plane, hopefully suffering no personal injury, despite the high velocity at which I would be traveling.

Yes, a bad movie, but definitely worth seeing, it's a good laugh.

Oh yeah, and the box looks a whole lot like the box for Turbulence, another awesomely bad movie.