

Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman star in Wolfgang Petersen's thriller about the hijacking of Air ForceOne with the First Family on board. Review: Great movie - Action packed Review: Suspenseful w/Lots of Action - I'm so old that it seems like a million years since I saw this the first time. One night, I got a hankering to see if it is still a good watch, and I like it just as much this time. It isn't dated at all (for me anyhow) and is just as suspenseful. If you are in the mood for your heart to stop off and on, this movie is good for that experience.


| ASIN | B07G1ZS2VS |
| Actors | Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Paul Guilfoyle, Wendy Crewson, William Macy |
| Aspect Ratio | 2.40:1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #4,219 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #165 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV) #589 in Drama Blu-ray Discs #765 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (5,919) |
| Digital Copy Expiration Date | December 31, 2020 |
| Director | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Dubbed: | French, Spanish |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item model number | BR54625 |
| MPAA rating | R (Restricted) |
| Media Format | Blu-ray |
| Number of discs | 2 |
| Producers | Armyan Bernstein, Gail Katz, Jon Shestack, Wolfgang Petersen |
| Product Dimensions | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 ounces |
| Release date | November 6, 2018 |
| Run time | 2 hours and 4 minutes |
| Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| Subtitles: | English, French, Spanish |
R**Z
Great movie
Action packed
H**E
Suspenseful w/Lots of Action
I'm so old that it seems like a million years since I saw this the first time. One night, I got a hankering to see if it is still a good watch, and I like it just as much this time. It isn't dated at all (for me anyhow) and is just as suspenseful. If you are in the mood for your heart to stop off and on, this movie is good for that experience.
S**.
Great movie.
Great movie. Good acting and story line.
K**E
Harrison Ford for President!
This is a good film with Harrison Ford, with a great cast. The excitement begin from the start of the film to the end and Gary Goldman as the antigonist. I have the film on VHS, but haven't seen it in years. If you've never seen this film it's A must.
G**G
Technical Overview of Disc Contents
(Note regarding all comparison images: These images demonstrate the difference in crop between the DVD and Blu-ray versions. These are NOT comparisons of the DVD vs. Blu-ray picture quality or resolution; that would be quite impossible due to the heavy compression Amazon applies to images. The images attached to this review do NOT represent the difference in picture quality between the DVD and Blu-ray.) This review will be a technical overview of the contents of the disc. I will not be giving my opinions on the movie itself. This review is for the standard Blu-ray disc (not the DVD or the Ultra HD Blu-ray). I also own the DVD version for comparison though. OVERVIEW: The movie is 2:04:36 long (124 minutes and 36 seconds). The total size of the movie, raw from the disc, is 30.6 GB (28.5 GiB). The disc is a standard 50 GB dual-layer Blu-ray disc. ================ VIDEO: ================ Video stream size: 25.9 GB (24.1 GiB) Content resolution: 1920 × 800 (2.40:1 aspect ratio) Framerate: ≈23.976 FPS (24 × 1000 / 1001) Color Format: 8 bpc YCbCr 4:2:0 The DVD I have is the full screen version, 4:3 (or 1.33:1) aspect ratio. This Blu-ray is widescreen, 2.40:1 aspect ratio. Unfortunately, it seems this movie was only framed for 4:3 screens I guess, so in this case the "widescreen" means it is cropped vertically, removing parts of the image, rather than expanding to include additional content on the sides (presumably, this means there was not enough additional usable content on the sides of the raw footage to make this possible). Still, if that's the case, I would have preferred to have the Blu-ray in 4:3 aspect ratio (1440×1080) so that the entire image could be seen, rather than cropping it. They could have at least settled for 16:9 to make a good compromise without cutting off too much of the image, while allowing them to take advantage of the full 1920×1080 frame of the Blu-ray video format, but they decided to crop from 1.33:1 all the way to 2.40:1, which is quite an aggressive crop, and can remove quite a lot of additional image information, even taking away a little bit of context in some scenes, and giving me the feel of tunnel vision in many others. I really am disappointed they decided to go the route of cropping for the Blu-ray. I give 4 stars for this reason. I'll try to attach some comparison images and maybe a video afterward. Not sure if Amazon will allow them, as posting scenes from the movie might be considered a violation of the copyright infringement rules on Amazon reviews. We'll see. ================ AUDIO: ================ The Blu-ray contains 3 audio streams: • English, Dolby TrueHD (5.1 Surround) — 1.75 GB (1.63 GiB) • French, Dolby TrueHD (5.1 Surround) — 1.48 GB (1.37 GiB) • English Director's Commentary, Dolby Digital (2.0 Stereo) — 179 MB (171 MiB) The French audio is dubbed. Interestingly however, the original Russian actors' voices are used whenever they speak Russian; the French actors did not dub those lines over, only the English-speaking lines. As always, the Dolby TrueHD streams are automatically reduced to a Dolby Digital track for equipment that doesn't support TrueHD, so there are no compatibility concerns there. I prefer DTS-HD Master Audio over Dolby TrueHD personally, since I think lossless audio is a bit overkill and usually end up just extracting the core track. On a DTS-HD track, the core is a standard DTS track, which is higher quality than a the Dolby Digital core, but it's not a big deal really. The commentary track contains commentary from director Wolfgang Petersen, with Michael Coleman facilitating conversation. ================ SUBTITLES: ================ In the DVD version, the subtitles for the Russian dialogue are permanently burned into the video (in English in my copy, but presumably it differs by DVD region). I'm happy to report this is not the case in the Blu-ray version; subtitles are NOT burned-in on the Blu-ray. There are three main subtitle tracks on the Blu-ray version: • English (normal) • English SDH (Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing) • French (normal) All three tracks provide full subtitles (all dialogue is subtitled throughout the movie). To get subtitles for the Russian dialogue only, but nowhere else, you just simply leave subtitles off. The main English subtitle track has the Russian sections marked internally as "forced" subtitles, so on a Blu-ray player the subtitles for those lines will appear even when the subtitles are set to "off"/"none" (on a PC, behavior depends on the playback software). The only consideration to this arrangement is that this only works for one language (English in this case); for French it is either full subtitles or none at all. Location cards (i.e. "Ramstein Air Force Base — Germany", or "Moscow — Three weeks later", etc.) are still burned into the video (in English). On-screen text (including contextually-important text, such as the close-up shot of the cockpit screen saying "Autopilot Disengaged" at 58:33) is NOT subtitled in the French subtitle track. It may also be worth noting that the English subtitle tracks (both of them) contain fair amounts of paraphrasing. This is to be expected of any movie in which characters speak very quickly. There are conventions about how many letters per second is considered "readable" for the average person, so they do their best to stay within those limits when authoring subtitles. If characters speak too quickly, it is common practice to paraphrase to reduce the amount of reading required before the subtitle has to disappear to make room for the next line. The English SDH track is high-resolution PGS format (like all Blu-ray subtitles), but seems to be designed to mimic the old Closed Captioning system, which is interesting. Text appears on top of the lower section of the video image (rather than in the crop margin below, like the standard English subtitle track), the text is surrounded by a black background, and the horizontal position varies, to indicate who is speaking. And lastly, there seems to be a mistake in the Russian Dialogue subtitles. I don't speak Russian, so I can't verify what they are actually saying, but the Russian dialogue is subtitled as such: DVD: • 00:25:55 — "They're landing" • 00:26:42 — "If we land, we're finished" Blu-ray: • 00:25:55 — "They're landing" • 00:26:42 — "They're landing" The DVD subtitles seem to make more sense, but I'm not sure which one is actually correct. The subtitles also say "Get the f*** in the air" at 27:04, even though it sounds like he's actually saying "Get us back in the air", and he says "Get us back in the air, now!" a few seconds later so it seems likely that's what he said the first time too, but this subtitle mistake is present in both the DVD and the Blu-ray. And like I said, the subtitles are paraphrased quite heavily in some places anyway, so inaccuracies are not that big of a deal I suppose. I didn't analyze the whole movie for subtitling mistakes, so there may be more, but that's just what I noticed on my casual watch-through. ================ SPECIAL FEATURES: ================ The disc contains no special features, aside from the Director's commentary mentioned in the Audio section.
J**N
great film
awesome, thank you
T**N
Air Force One: A High-Flying Presidential Action Thriller
"Air Force One" is a thrilling action movie starring Harrison Ford as the President of the United States. The film's premise is captivating: terrorists hijack Air Force One, the presidential plane, and it's up to President Marshall (Ford) to save the day. The suspense and tension are expertly built throughout the movie. The action sequences are well-executed, with intense moments on board the plane and in various global locations. Harrison Ford's performance as a tough and determined president is convincing and adds depth to the film. Gary Oldman, who plays the lead terrorist, is a formidable adversary and delivers a memorable performance. However, "Air Force One" isn't without its shortcomings. Some of the plot points are a bit far-fetched, especially when it comes to the president's physical abilities and the ease with which he outsmarts the terrorists. Additionally, certain characters lack depth and development, which leaves you wanting more from the supporting cast. In terms of entertainment, "Air Force One" delivers an exciting and action-packed experience. It's a movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat, even if it stretches the limits of realism at times. If you enjoy action films with a political twist, "Air Force One" is definitely worth a watch.
D**K
Get Off My 4K!
Excellent picture and sound for this awesome action/thriller of a movie. Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman are awesome in this!
O**A
Excelente pelicula Un clásico. Muy bien remasterizada en 4k Imagen super Colores claros. Audio original Con doblaje al Español Latino Al 💯 probado Recomendado.
M**S
Mit Wolfgang Petersen verstarb am 12.8.2022 wohl der größte deutsche Hollywood-Regisseur, was sicher nicht nur für mich ein Grund war, einige seiner Filme wieder zur Hand zu nehmen und anzusehen. Da ich mich an keine besondere Reihenfolge halte, war nun seine 31. Regiearbeit, die irgendwie auch in der heutigen Zeit mit ihren Krisen, Kriegen und Konflikten hochbrisant zu sein scheint, an der Reihe: "Air Force One". Zur Story: Der Kalte Krieg ist längst vorbei, Russland ein kapitalistischer Staat und gerade wurde, in einer russisch-amerikanischen Co-Militäroperation, der hochgefürchtete Ex-General Radek in Kasachstan verhaftet. Dessen Ziel war es, die gewonnene westliche Freiheit des russischen Volkes wieder in eine Diktatur zu knechten und somit freuen sich wahrscheinlich nicht nur die Ortsansässigen, als der US-Präsident James Marshall einen klaren Kurs gegen jeglichen Terrorismus verkündet. Auf dem Heimflug in die Vereinigten Staaten kann er auch gleich beweisen, wie ernst er die "klare Kante" meint, denn eine Gruppe revolutionärer Extremisten übernimmt die Präsidentenmaschine "Air Force One", tötet einige Besatzungsmitglieder und sichert sich ausreichend Geiseln, um ihren Forderungen Nachdruck zu verleihen. Marshall ist jedoch nicht darunter, aber als Vietnam-Veteran versteht er sich auf dem Kampf Mann gegen Mann und zieht gegen die Störenfriede zu Felde. Sein größter Feind ist aber die Zeit, denn jede halbe Stunde exekutieren die Terroristen eine Geisel und auch Marshalls Familie befindet sich unter diesen. Zum zweiten Mal, nach "In the Line of Fire", wird es bei Petersen ansatzweise politisch und er serviert uns zu Beginn ein Szenario, wie wir es heute, Anfang 2024, regelrecht herbeisehnen: Osten und Westen scheinen versöhnt, lediglich einige "Alteiserne" kämpfen um den Erhalt des Vergangenen und der US-Präsident, verkörpert von Harrison Ford, ist ein sympathischer Kerl mit Weitsicht, Schneid und Rückgrat, der sich nicht zu schade ist, auch mal die Hemdsärmel hochzukrempeln und es höchstpersönlich mit Terroristenpack aufzunehmen. Märchenhaft! Auf der Gegenseite finden wir mit Gary Oldman einen Fiesling, der es auf einer gewissen Ebene zwar in sich hat, aber im Endeffekt viel zu schablonenhaft konzipiert ist, als dauerhaft als einer der übelsten Übeltäter aller Zeiten in die Kinogeschichte einzugehen. Er hätte es verdient gehabt, denn der britische Mime ringt selbst dieser eindimensionalen Figur ungedachte Facetten ab und besonders in der englischen Originalfassung jagt einem seine wunderbar akzentuierte Stimme einige Schauer über den Rücken. In weiteren Rollen erleben wir eine zugeknöpfte Glenn Close als unbeirrbare US-Vizepräsidentin, den "Zeitreiseassistenten" Dean Stockwell ("Quantum Leap") als missmutigen Verteidigungsminister und Petersens Buddy Jürgen Prochnow als finster dreinblickenden und die "Internationale" genießenden General Ivan Radek. In dieser Beziehung bewies Wolfgang Petersen also stets ein glückliches Händchen und bis in die kleinsten Nebenrollen hinein stolpern wir über andere bekannte Gesichter jener Zeit, auch wenn es überwiegend spätere Serienstars wie Paul Guilfoyle (u.a. "CSI") oder Bill Smitrovich (u.a. "Millennium") sind. Das war sicher auch bitter notwendig, denn an dem tiefgründigen (haha) Drehbuch kann es nicht gelegen haben, dass Petersen aus dieser Vorlage, die von der Fachpresse gerne mal als "idiotisch" betitelt wurde, einen so herrlich unterhaltsamen Film zauberte. Das liegt übrigens auch an der Musik von Jerry Goldsmith (u.a. "Star Trek"), der mit seinem melodischen Leitmotiv bis heute den Präsidentschaftskampf in den USA (unfreiwillig) unterstützt, denn auch Donald Trump hat dermaßen einen Narren daran gefressen, dass es gerne mal zu seinen Wahlveranstaltungen erklingt. Man darf also behaupten, was man will, aber sein Musikgeschmack scheint zu stimmen. Oder aber, er ist einfach nur Fan dieses Actionmärchens, das auch in der heutigen Zeit noch eine passable Figur macht, auch wenn den Effekten natürlich deutlich anzumerken ist, dass sie fast 30 Jahre auf dem Buckel haben. Macht aber nichts, denn Qualität stört sich selten an Äußerlichkeiten. Zur Technik der Scheibe: Habe ich gerade was von "30 Jahren" gefaselt? Das sieht man dem Film natürlich dezent an, aber hauptsächlich äußerst es sich ein einem vergleichsweise weichen Bild, dem man nicht in jeder Lebenslage alle Details abringen kann - oder will, denn vielleicht sähe Harrison Ford 20 Jahre älter aus, wenn die Hatz durch die Flure der Präsidentenmaschine jede seiner Schweißporen offenbaren würde. Auch den Effekten rund um das Flugzeug ist es sicher eher zuträglich, dass das Bild nicht auf Ultra-Schärfegrade hochskaliert wurde. Kurzgesagt: Alles sieht, für einen Film dieses Alters, passabel aus. Der deutsche Ton liegt u.a. in DTS 5.1 (die bessere der beiden dt. Spuren) vor und ist ordentlich abgemischt. Alles klingt satt, die Explosionen haben "Bumms" und ab und zu verirren sich auch dezente Raumeffekte in die Surround-Lautsprecher. In punkto Extras haben sich u.a. ein Making-of, einige Trailer und "Facts", also einige informierende Einblendungen zu bestimmten Dingen des Filmes während er läuft, auf die Scheibe verirrt. Das ist ok, mich hätten aber z.B. einige Gedanken Petersens zu seinem Werk (und der "idiotischen" Drehbuchvorlage) wesentlich mehr interessiert. "Air Force One" kann also zwischen den Hochglanz-Actionern der "Bruckheimer"-Ära, also u.a. neben "The Rock", "Con Air" und Konsorten, recht gut bestehen und ist mal wieder ein Beweis dafür, dass Wolfgang Petersen auch aus eher ungünstigen (bleiben wir höflich) Vorlagen filmisches Gold pressen konnte. Klassisches Actionkino mit guten Darbietungen und einem Trump-würdigen musikalischen Leitthema.
A**O
A parte de que la pelicula es muy buena , es genial por ver un pelicula con esa calidad tan buena y sonido. Mencionar que la pelicula tiene sonido Español 5.1 Dolby Digital y Español 5.1 DTS.
M**N
Bra Film
J**N
Really entertaining fun with terrorists taking over Airforce 1. It is total fantasy of course. The president has a teleport device on his right wrist. Which if activated transports him to an underground bunker. Captured from an evil alien. The dangerous people kill him otherwise. Because fighting people is not his recognized ability. Totally professional movie.
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