SummaryWolfgang Petersen's gripping thriller about an uncompromising U.S. President (Ford) who has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or s... Read More
Directed By:Wolfgang Petersen
Written By:Andrew W. Marlowe
Air Force One
Metascore
Generally Favorable
62
User score
Generally Favorable
6.7
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
62
60% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
24% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
16% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
100
Dares to present a flat-out heroic president, without the safety net of irony. It succeeds.
88
Director Wolfgang Petersen puts such a fresh spin on the familiar that it all works like gangbusters.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.7
54% Positive
86 Ratings
86 Ratings
39% Mixed
61 Ratings
61 Ratings
7% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
Apr 27, 2018
10
Seeing the president battling hijackers is really surprising but still the movie is a blast and Harrison ford is one of the best fictional presidents of all time
Jul 13, 2015
10
A Great One Flick Of Action Gary Oldman está perfeito e Harrison Ford incrível
80
Fulfils all its early promise, delivering a well oiled, no-nonsense, supremely entertaining crowd pleaser.
67
Peterson's film is a huge, loud beast of a film, filled with gunfire, explosions, and not a few tears. It's all grounded, however, in Ford's gritted-teeth performance as President Marshall.
60
The first 20 minutes of Wolfgang Petersen’s new action adventure, Air Force One, are so thrillingly choreographed (and so very, very loud), it’s all the more disappointing that the balance of the movie tends to move less like a Stealth bomber and more like a jalopy — jerking fitfully from plot hole to plot hole, only occasionally finding momentum.
40
An over-the-top thriller, too loosely tethered to reality to be a lesson about anything other than the limits of popcorn consumption.
0
If you've ever sat in a jet waiting on the runway, feeling it lumbering along in place and then bucking and shaking when it's cleared for take-off, you know what it's like to sit through Air Force One.
Jan 25, 2015
10
Um Suspense de ação de tirar o folego,Harrison Ford está perfeito no papel do Presidente dos United States Of America,Gary Oldman é extraordinário e perfeito na pele do terrorista russo. Wolfgang Petersen dirige esse brilhante suspense de ação.
Jul 5, 2024
6
Air Force One is a fun action movie with some great acting performances from Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman. The story is very simple, it follows the usual pattern, where there are the good Russians, the bad Russians and there the peacemaker Americans. This is how many people living in the USA imagine the world. We all wish this was the case, but this is sadly just a dream. As I said the story is simple, the bad Russians want to bring back "Mother Russia", there is one traitor, whose motivations remain unclear throughout the course of the film. However the acting performances from Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman elevate this movie from being an average movie to a fun action film. CGI was used more than necessary, which made the movie look a little bit unbelievable sometimes. Also, they sometimes went too far with the action, where it was too much. Overall, Harrison Ford carries this movie with the help of Gary Oldman and this makes a fun watch.
Nov 4, 2022
6
This movie is nothing more than a "too hard to die in the most secure airplane" as Diehard movie is called in Greece well entertaining even with many goofs and errors
Feb 21, 2021
2
What a ridiculous US propaganda full of political correct dialogues. Oh yes, the US president can even kick some terrorist asses, haha. Sometimes I was even laughing and in the 2nd half I could not endure it anymore. The visual effects are outdated also.
Sep 20, 2014
2
This movie is just a "US always wins no matter what" type of movie. Otherwise i can't think of a reason why 6 enemy jets failed to blow up a single plane in the last part of the movie. And the most disturbing part was US fight jets fired 3 missiles and destroyed 3 enemy jets as if enemy jets were just junks. They should make movies which sound more realistic.
Production Company:
- Columbia Pictures
- Beacon Communications
- Beacon Pictures
- Radiant Productions
- Touchstone Pictures
Release Date:Jul 25, 1997
Duration:2 h 4 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Family Man. Commander-In-Chief. National Hero. Any title worth having is never given. It's earned.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Bambi Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations




























