Skyjacked
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Movie Reviews of Skyjacked
Movie Review: Very quick response to problem
Summary: 5 Stars
The original copy I ordered never arrived (who knows it may have been stolen from my mailbox). Once Amazon found this out a replacement copy was immediately sent out, and I had it in two days. Thank you Amazon. I found you expedient handling of the situation very impressive.
Movie Review: Oldie but Goodie !
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a hard to find item. It is the first movie I ever saw in a movie theater as a kid. This brought back great memories of growing up with my older brother's who took me to see this. Very happy to have been able to find this in brand new condition and priced reasonably.Movie Review: Skyjacked movie review
Summary: 5 Stars
Product quality and description was as advertised by seller. Very happy with purchased. I would purchase again from this seller.Movie Review: Skyjacked-Why it failed at the movies.
Summary: 4 Stars
This film was released in 1972, I have never seen it until 2010, after discovering segments loaded into You tube. While it follows along the genre of aircraft/sky disaster,action films, it has numerous faults which caused a low box office financial yield. Created after the success Airport 1970, the two cannot have any side by side comparison. Yes in 1972, words like Terrorism and Hijacking were new and security at airports didn't exist ,allowing this type of incident to occur. While Charlton Heston was one of the more famous actors of the time, this script was weak and not as well constructed as Airport. Several noticable goofs in of the film were - 1) the aircraft, a Boeing 707,appropriate for the time era as well as the in flight photography were quite good, however it is noted that many course correction actions were sudden and violent, which in reality would throw passengers about ,if it were a real flight. 2) the terrorist, Brolin cast as a military figure who served in Vietnam had several weapon inaccuracies. The U.S. military does not use what appeared to be a luger 9 MM pistol and a 9 MM sub machine gun, the only accurate items were the "pineapple" grenades. 3) the flashback sequences were added to waste film. 4) Yvette Mimeux is constantly cast as the woman caught between two lovers, you can see a similar charcter of her in the film, "Disaster on the Coastliner" with William Shatner. 5) Numerous inaccuracies occured with regard to the entry into Restricted Russian Airspace and landing in Moscow, first the 4 fighter jets weren't Soviet made MIGS but the paint scheme made up for that, as well as ,Russian air defense would do more than buzz a plane at supersonic speeds ,just to upset them. 6) Landing on the barren runway stretch, called Moscow airport,was bit hard to believe a major airport would be so deserted. 7) when the plane landed ,all airport vehicles were current U.S. made cars and trucks including the military vehicles. 8) A close up on several Russian soldiers shows they were armed with M-16's,the Russians always used AK-47's. While no film can be 100 % accurate ,at the least minor details should appear so and finally after his attempt to be a hero,why would anyone want to risk being killed over an aircraft? 9) Heston gets his trademark end of screen credit, being carried off on a stretcher, after being mortally wounded or killed, this can be seen in the films, "Soylent Green" & "The Omega Man", besides Airport 1975, does he ever end a film standing on his feet? This film is mild entertainment provided one has not seen the more modern films involving hijacking and terrorism at airports and on aircraft.Movie Review: Much better than I remembered.
Summary: 4 Stars
I hadn't seen Skyjacked in years but I saw some bits on youtube and decided to take a chance. To my surprise, because sometimes movies are better in memory than present, this was very good. There's a much leaner plot than the bloated Airport movies, where every passenger had a life story to share. In fact, some of this almost feels like a TV movie, probably because so many small screen stars were onboard. Claude Akins and John Hillerman are (brief) air traffic controllers (Akins seems to be channelling Joe Patroni in the tower). Yvette Mimieux, in a ton of TV movies at this time, is the head stewardess. Susan Dey, in a really bad performance, was around Partridge time. Then there's veteran character actor Ken Swofford as the flight engineer, Rosey Grier as a jazz cellist (he's actually pretty good in this), Mariette Hartley as a very pregnant passenger (yeah, cliched)and Leslie Uggams as a feisty flight attendant. Walter Pidgeon is an elderly US Senator and Nichlos Hammond is his son, both unmemorable but to be fair, there's not much in the script for them. And in a performance that demonstrates graphically why he is now a purse carrier and actor in bad political movies financed by you know who, James Brolin is the mad bomber, so to speak. Brolin is astonishingly bad and over the top, even for a crazy hijacker.
So, you ask, what saves this movie? The megapresence of Charlton Heston of course. This is Heston's first entry into the 70s disaster field and by far his best. This is much better than Airport 75 or Earthquake or any other nonsense that followed. Heston's pilot Hank O'Hara is a decent, good man who is determined not to have anyone die on his plane and he is tough enough to back it up without bluster or bombast. In fact, Heston is rather understated in this performance and it's quite effective, especially as Brolin chews scenery.
As others have noted, this is more of a suspense movie than an action ride. Although not without faults, (the Heston/Mimieux subplot is a been there, done that waste of time) I rather liked my foray into the past. Much better than nearly all the movies nowdays.