“Air Force One” is streaming for free on Pluto this month, bringing back the 1997 action thriller starring Harrison Ford as President James Marshall and Gary Oldman as hijacker Ivan Korshunov.
An aircraft filled with secrets was never going to be a calm place to wait.
This month. “Air Force One” is streaming for free on Pluto. turning the ’90s action thriller back into something you can press play on without thinking twice. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. the film flips the stakes immediately: President James Marshall (Harrison Ford)—a decorated veteran and sitting president—has his plane hijacked by terrorists led by the Russian criminal Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman). On the ground. the rest of the White House cabinet tries to negotiate and regain control as the crisis plays out in the sky.
The cast expands the pressure cooker beyond the cockpit and corridors. Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction) plays Vice President Kathryn Bennett. Wendy Crewson (The Santa Clause) is Grace Marshall, while Liesel Matthews (A Little Princess) appears as Alice Marshall. William H. Macy (Fargo) takes on the role of Major Caldwell, and Dean Stockwell (Quantum Leap) portrays Defense Secretary Walter Dean. Xander Berkeley (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) rounds out the key circle as Secret Service Agent Gibbs.
If you haven’t watched it in a while, the movie’s pitch still hits the same nerve it always did—what happens when terrorists hijack the most famous plane in the world and use it like a ransom, while the most powerful man on Earth decides it’s time to pretend he’s Rambo.
The numbers behind “Air Force One” also explain why it became the kind of blockbuster studios still talk about years later. The film grossed about $172.7 million domestically and $315.2 million worldwide against a reported $85 million budget. Adjusted for today. that’s roughly $337 million domestic. $615 million worldwide. and a budget of about $166 million—putting it among major. rare-success action films.
Critics didn’t just shrug at the thrills. Rotten Tomatoes has the movie at 78%, with the consensus describing it as “full of palpable, if not entirely seamless, thrills.” Metacritic lists it as generally favorable, and audiences gave it an A CinemaScore.
For viewers picking it up this month on Pluto, the details are easy to anchor: “Air Force One” was released on July 25, 1997, runs 124 minutes, and was written by Andrew W. Marlowe. Producers are Armyan Bernstein, Gail Katz, and Jonathan Shestack.
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