Skyjacked
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Movie Reviews of Skyjacked
Movie Review: DRYJACKED....i HEART flights IN peril PICTURES
Summary: 4 Stars
look at that cast , CHUCK HESTON , WALT PIDGEON and all the other greats from 70s fun films 101 . ROSEY GRIER and LESLIE UGGAMS and JOSH's dad JAMES BROLIN as the disturbed jacker . is this film fun . you know it is . don't miss out on the opportunity to add this little waltz down memory lane to your collection . and there is famed cinematographer BLAH BLAH so on and so forth involved . you get the picture . this ain't "THE STING" or "THE GODFATHER" . would you be interested if it were ? "AIRPORT" (what a snooze) . enjoy .Movie Review: Good acting and good shots of a Boeing 707 in flight...
Summary: 4 Stars
Though not totally accurate in the flight shots, this movie does provide some truly interesting and beautiful scenes of a Boeing 707 (the beautiful jet aircraft that really put the phrase "jet age" in our vocabulary) in flight. The acting is good and takes the viewer back to an age when flying was a pleasure and blundering nuisances like the TSA checks at today's airports didn't exist.Movie Review: Skyjacked
Summary: 4 Stars
Skyjacked
I found the story a bit much, but overall enjoyed the movie It's a good one to sit and watch to get into the mood for the feature if you intend watching a few similar films.
Movie Review: Well, one good thing: all drinks are on the airline for everyone."
Summary: 3 Stars
Having bestrode the epic genre like a colossus in the 50s and 60s, Charlton Heston made a pretty good stab at being the go-to-guy for disaster movies in the 70s with Earthquake, Airport 1975 and Gray Lady Down, with this 1972 hijacking thriller acting as something of a warmup for him. It ticks most of the genre boxes - a cast of fading stars, high-concept premise - but is more interested in avoiding disaster than revelling in it as Chuck's pipe-smoking pilot ("Nobody dies on my airplane!") discovers there's a mad bomber on board and since Van Heflin isn't on the passenger list it could be anyone in First Class. Unfortunately, while the film gets some good mileage over concealing the hijacker's identity, the DVD sleeve and menu give it away, but since this is from the days when the worst most hijackers wanted was to fly to a communist country, after a well executed storm landing, most of the film is taken up with his attempts to outwit the crazy Vietnam vet who wants to hijack his plane to take him to Russia. Well, it makes a change from Cuba....
The cast are more familiar than famous - Yvette Mimieux, Walter Pidgeon, James Brolin, Susan Dey and a pregnant Mariette Hartley (less than flatteringly photographed, but no-one looks good giving birth even in First Class) are the closest to V.I.P.s on this flight - but it's directed with John Guillermin's customary professionalism, and while the script and characters were clichéd even in 1972 it's a lot better than you might expect, even showcasing some impressive aerial footage that forsakes models for the real thing. No worldbeater, but certainly better than average timefiller that's rather better than its inclusion as part of Warners' Cult Camp Classics Collection might lead you to believe (indeed, the only real moments of unintentional camp are the odd flashback). No extras, but a decent 2.35:1 widescreen transfer.
Movie Review: You'll wince a few times before the credits roll...
Summary: 3 Stars
My childhood recollection of "Skyjacked" is that it was an awesome thriller.
My adult re-visit is that it BLOWS. Hilariously so.
Seriously, the plot is SO hackneyed that the romantic dream sequence...or should I say, the FIRST romantic dream sequence of, yes, two...arrives with a fade-in to a soft-focus dreamy meadow...which they thought was SO cool they do it again later, and use it as a plot twist.
Oh dear God...the overacting is the only thing I'd describe as 'awesome' now, and it truly is.
James Brolin was clearly channelling his inner Norman Bates; I'm a sucker for any Stentorian Heston roles (are there any other?) so that, for me, is a plus.
It's not really a "thriller" anymore, but it's a fun trip back in time.
But you'll wince a few times before the credits roll...