Air Force One (1997)

Air Force One rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.5/10· 222K votes

Rotten Tomatoes78%

Metacritic62%

TMDb6.47/10· 3K votes

With 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 62/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Air Force One

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 sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter.

Cast of Air Force One

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  Harrison Ford

  as James Marshall

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  Gary Oldman

  as Ivan Korshunov

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  Glenn Close

  as Kathryn Bennett

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  Wendy Crewson

  as Grace Marshall

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  Liesel Matthews

  as Alice Marshall

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  Paul Guilfoyle

  as Lloyd Shepherd

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  Xander Berkeley

  as Agent Gibbs

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  William H. Macy

  as Major Caldwell

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  Dean Stockwell

  as Walter Dean

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  Tom Everett

  as Jack Doherty

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  Jürgen Prochnow

  as Alexander Radek

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  Donna Bullock

  as Melanie Mitchel

Air Force One facts

Budget

$85M

Box office

$315.2M

Our take on Air Force One

Wolfgang Petersen's 1997 action thriller unfolds almost entirely aboard the presidential jet after Russian neo-nationalists seize control mid-flight. The premise is lean and effective: a president who refuses to negotiate must fight through cramped corridors while his wife and daughter are held hostage and the country's dignity hangs in the balance. Petersen, a specialist in confined tension, treats the plane as a pressure cooker rather than a spectacle machine. It suits viewers who like their thrillers grounded in high stakes and clear moral lines, where duty and family collide. If you enjoy tightly staged, single-location action with a defiant hero at its center, this delivers exactly that.