Airport 1975

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Jan 26, 2019 The best thrilling movie ever made!

Finn W Dec 2, 2018 Airport 1975 is a silly movie, but it offers a dash of guilty, escapist pleasure for anyone willing to accept its obvious shortcomings. Helmed by veteran small-screen director Jack Smight, the film has the feel of a made-for-TV offering. Despite the myriad irritating subplots and pointless supporting characters, the main storyline -- that of the efforts of a group of men and women to save the plane -- is relatively engrossing, and the special effects are surprisingly effective (albeit sparse). Nancy, the character played by Karen Black, is likable; Murdock is sufficiently heroic and Patroni radiates a mixture of competence and desperation. Also worth noting is that it doesn't take forever for the mid-air collision to happen. Well before the half-way point, the plot is already in full swing. All in all this is a great guilty pleasure film from the mid 70s. (Guilty pleasure air disaster flick). See more

Rey S Nov 11, 2018 An average inferior 20th century sequel, as well the standardization continues in the second flight that most disaster flicks follows today with little time to know and connect with the characters with just a glance of their sudden roles when only going immediately to the disaster. The sequel managed to be enjoyable from below-expectation thrills of a different circumstance that you donâ(TM)t see often, and the performances of Heston and Kennedy. (B) (Full review TBD) See more

Ron P Jul 10, 2018 Super '70's air disaster film which for some reason I thought was an irwin allen production.Not great, but very 70's!

Anakin S Jul 27, 2017 After the incredibly successful first film a sequel was all but inevitable and even though it retreads a lot of what was in the first film it is just as good thanks to another solid cast lineup, a shorter runtime and featuring some tense action scenes. It also has a good score, once again has a campy tone and is generally entertaining. Just don't go expecting anything all that deep and like the last film it doesn't reach the heights of the best of the genre from the seventies. See more

Albus R Feb 16, 2017 A disaster movie about a Boeing 747 that collides with a smaller plane and is left without a pilot. This film now being viewed 40 yrs after it was made is quite memorable for all the right and wrong reasons. On board we have an array of old time movie stars that if you are under a certain age wont know anything about, Gloria Swanson, Myrna Loy mean anything to you? We have pilots that put women's lib back about 20 yrs with talk that these days would result in a possible sexual harassment suit and we have Linda Exorcist Blair as a girl needing a kidney transplant, being possessed the year before must of played havoc with her organs. Add a singing nun and a passenger list of virtually every cliché you can think of and we are ready for take off! About 40 mins into our perilous flight, disaster strikes and we are left without any pilots, What are we going to do? The first thing I would of done is ask if anyone on board has the required skills but no, head stewardess Karen Black finds her inner action heroine and takes control. The remainder of this daft, corny but at times irresistible and unintentionally funny film is taken up by the attempts to land the plane before Mrs Black smashes it into an on coming mountain. Thankfully for the little lady, Charlton Heston and George Kennedy are on hand to save us and land the plane and send it on it's way into 70's campy greatness. Modern, big budget, special effect blockbusters were just finding their feet when this 'action movie' came out and the film does have some good points Karen Black is good in her role and shows that women on planes can do more than just hand out tea, some of the action scenes although very dated are well handled and the impending doom does keep things fairly interesting. So if you don't expect to much from this old disaster movie you are probably in for a fairly pleasant but windy flight. See more

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