Air Force One Critic Reviews

Dares to present a flat-out heroic president, without the safety net of irony. It succeeds.Read the full review

At once vigorous and old-fashioned, a piece of expertly crafted entertainment that gets the job done with skill and panache. [25 July 1997]Read the full review

Harrison Ford as the President of the United States is such a perfect piece of casting that it's at once a fantasy and a joke: The joke is how perfect the fantasy is. [25 Jul 1997, p. 48]Read the full review

Ford makes such a dynamic president in Air Force One, you may find yourself favorably weighing his odds in Iowa and New Hampshire.Read the full review

Director Wolfgang Petersen puts such a fresh spin on the familiar that it all works like gangbusters.Read the full review

Viewers looking for old-fashioned movie thrills as a change of pace from the glut of alien and digital-oriented features might paradoxically enjoy the feeling of being back on terra firma with this airborne adventure.Read the full review

A meat-and-potatoes American thriller that means business all around the world.Read the full review

Takes its absurd premise and keeps itself narrowly focused, pushing its heroic cast through obstacle after obstacle.Read the full review

Viscerally juicy....The movie is effectively cast. [25 July 1997, p.D2]Read the full review