The President (Harrison Ford) and his plane are under attack by a group of Russian Nationals who want a general restored. Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman) is a retty violent person. In fact he and his team kill many people taking over the plane, and then Korshunov kills more to get people to do what he wants. He threatens the first lady (Wendy Crewson and his daughter (Liesel Mathews). He kills a jr staff member and the security advisor. The vice president (Glen Close) is in Washington and expresses to Russia our need. She would not authorize a 25th amendment take over and declare the president compromised. Important staff who die defending the president include his Chief of Staff (Paul Guilfoyle) and Major Caldwell (William H Macy). On the other hand Agent Gibbs (Xander Berkeley) betrayed the president and was a mole for the terrorists. He allowed them to access the weapons on board the plane. They seem to succeed. The general is being released. But the president escapes and they retake the plane. The general does not turn back when he is ordered to stop, and he is killed.
This movie is rated R with lots of violence and swearing. There are more mellow edited version available. It is very intense for a time. They are able to rescue many of the passengers with parachutes, but the refuel plane explodes. At times the dialogue seems off in my opinion. But I did like the line, get off my plane. Also with so many bullets flying around the plane would have been compromised at some point, but nothing happens as a result.
