Denise Richards is an FBI agent who can't follow orders. She is being sent from the field to a desk job. On the flight back, a man sitting next to her (Kirk Barker) informs her that the plane is going to be hijacked and offers her $50 million dollars to get him off safety. Soon it becomes a battle of Denise Richards vs a bunch of bad guys lead by Dolph Lundgren.
They are flying "Speed Bird Airlines" which has enough room in the aisles in first class for some good fighting as long as the camera is jerking. It is not a double decker plane, making it difficult to elude capture, but it is a movie. Denise is able to overpower men twice her size in a matter of moments, but another woman is a dragged out cat-fight. Dolph plays bad guy pilot. We see his face a lot while sitting in a chair and except for about 30 seconds of fighting they could of had Wally Cox play the part. It appears camera jerking is the official substitution for fight choreography.
Except for brief opening and ending scenes, the entire film is shot on a plane. The plot is simple and linear with a slight attempted twist. A rather lazy script with half-hearted performances.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
They are flying "Speed Bird Airlines" which has enough room in the aisles in first class for some good fighting as long as the camera is jerking. It is not a double decker plane, making it difficult to elude capture, but it is a movie. Denise is able to overpower men twice her size in a matter of moments, but another woman is a dragged out cat-fight. Dolph plays bad guy pilot. We see his face a lot while sitting in a chair and except for about 30 seconds of fighting they could of had Wally Cox play the part. It appears camera jerking is the official substitution for fight choreography.
Except for brief opening and ending scenes, the entire film is shot on a plane. The plot is simple and linear with a slight attempted twist. A rather lazy script with half-hearted performances.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.