Black Angel

FLIGHT OF BLACK ANGEL is another movie about a renegade fighter pilot taking the fight to the skies above America. There were a few of these films made throughout the 1990s, John Woo's BROKEN ARROW being the one I know the best. Although this one's a TV movie, it doesn't suffer from the trappings of that genre because it actually has some violent scenes of murder and destruction in it, so it's not one that plays it safe throughout.

I watched this film out of interest because it was an early effort from director Jonathan Mostow, later to make crowd-pleasers like BREAKDOWN and TERMINATOR 3. Mostow is hampered by a low budget in this one, but the story's interesting and I enjoyed the way that most of the material ends up taking place on the ground rather than in the skies. Peter Strauss is a dull hero character but William O'Leary is rather convincing as the out-of-his-mind pilot. The special effects again are limited in nature but there's enough meat in the surrounding scenes to make the whole thing frighteningly convincing in places.

A movie about a dedicated pilot who is driven mad to extreme depression, and ends up trying to blow up Las Vegas in the process in order to fulfil his sick purpose. Good acting, plenty of action, and an unexpected twist in the end makes this one worth watching.

I rented this movie one night just because I had nothing better to do. To my surprise, I found it entertaining. I will not tell the plot, but this is a pretty good action/thriller. The colour on it is pretty dull, but the movie has some good special effects and explosions. B-

This is an exciting action packed flick about a pilot gone mad and attempts to blow up Las Vegas. Just when you think you know what is going to happen, it surprises you.

This is an excellent story of United States Air Force Pilots that could possibly happen. All parts in film are well acted and believable. The only bad feature of film is parts of the film that were shown that were supposed to be in Western part of the United States looked like they were filmed in Israel. The movie keeps you in suspense because when you see it you have no idea what is going to happen next. I give the movie a 7 out of a 10 because of the non-authentic scenery. If it wasn't for that, I would have given it a 9. Peter Straus plays his part well but William O'Leary plays a very complicated part and should have received some kind of film award for his part!