AIR FORCE ONE (1997)
President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) with his wife and daughter boards Air Force One leaving Moscow, where he was appalauded for announcing a zero tolerance policy toward terrorism. Lo and behold, a gang of terrorists headed by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman), posing as journalists, take over the plane and threaten to shoot one hostage each half hour if Marshall doesn't convince the Russian government to release a terrorist leader they've imprisoned. The Secret Service hustles the Prez into a pod that's ejected from the plane via parachute. But wait--Marshall climbed out and is still on the plane! After victorious hand-to-hand combat with several terrorists, shootouts with submachine guns, hanging on to an open loading ramp with one hand, and other derring-do he swore to uphold when he took his Oath of Office, the Prez prevails and the bad guy dies. Ford, a one-note actor, is two notes here (scared and exhausted), though Glenn Close is good as the Veep. Director Wolfgang Petersen knows how to make an action movie, and "Air Force One" is all action (no credibility), but it'll have you leaning into every scene.