Search - Air Force One [Superbit] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Children in Peril Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 10/09/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 4 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Action, Action Thriller See Also: Air Force One [Widescreen/Fullscreen], Air Force One [Fullscreen], Air Force One [UMD for PSP], Air Force One [Blu-ray], Air Force One, Air Force One [Widescreen] [Blu-ray]

In this action drama, Harrison Ford plays James Marshall, a onetime combat hero in the Vietnam War who is now President of the United States. While visiting the former Soviet Union, Marshall gives a speech in which he supports a get-tough attitude against both terrorists and a right-wing general and war criminal from Kazakhstan imprisoned in Moscow, earning him few friends in the Eastern Bloc. While flying back to the United States aboard Air Force One, Marshall and his staff discover that one of the journalists returning with them is actually Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman), a Kazakhstani terrorist, who hijacks the plane with three associates and holds the president hostage -- with his wife and daughter on board. Marshall must use his strength and intelligence to keep the terrorists at bay and devise a plan to allow his family to escape to safety, while on the ground the vice-president (Glenn Close), the secretary of defense (Dean Stockwell), and the attorney general (Philip Baker Hall) grapple over what to do and how much control to take in this crisis. Slam-bang action sequences and plot twists fly fast and furious in this nail-biter from director Wolfgang Petersen, who previously generated suspense under water (rather than in the air) with Das Boot. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Harrison Ford - President James Marshall
Gary Oldman - Ivan Korshunov
Glenn Close - Vice President Kathryn Bennett
Wendy Crewson - Grace Marshall
Paul Guilfoyle - Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd
William H. Macy - Major Caldwell
Dean Stockwell - Defense Secretary Walter Dean

As part of Columbia/TriStar Home Entertainment's new Superbit Collection of DVDs, director Wolfgang Peterson's action-packed patriotic fantasy about a group of crazed Russian terrorists (led by Gary Oldman) who hijack Air Force One, only to be pummeled, maimed, and killed by the President himself (played by the stoic but always heroic Harrison Ford), this disc careens into your home like never before. The Superbit Collection uses a higher bit rate than the original DVD releases. Basically, by offering only the film on the disc (the Superbit discs do not contain any extras, not even a trailer), the digital bit transfer rate (the process of reading information on the disc) can be doubled, offering the viewer a sharper, clearer picture. That's the sales pitch at least. Air Force One does look and sound excellent. The picture is always sharp and free of artifacts, and the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is powerful. Dialog occasionally gets lost in the mix, but overall it's fine. Rich bass and much channel separation easily give one ample opportunity to crank up the sound and revel in the mayhem. A DTS soundtrack option is also available. The disc is available in 2.35:1 widescreen ratio and has been given English, French, and Spanish subtitle options. ~ Derek Hill, All Movie Guide