Good action but very, VERY stereotypical
This movie always pops on 3-5 times on the local weekend or prime time movie on the local stations and one night I decided to check it out. The action is great at some moments but the one thing that made me unhappy was the stereotypes the script writers and producers put into this movie. Not all moslem/arabs are terrorists but in the minds of Golan/Globus they sure are. Also it seems kind of funny that the stereotypes are coming from a mostly Israeli production team and the characters are well...mostly people with Israeli roots. Even the one line when the women are still on the plane shocks me that the little girl says "Mommy are they doing this cause they don't like jewish people?" with the mom responding "Yes, honey they don't like us." YOU CANNOT GET MORE STEREOTYPICAL THAN THAT. Also I think the hijacking of the plane is very similar to that of what happened on the TWA plane that got hijacked by arab terrorists with the one terrorist getting arrested in Athens--the plane in the movie originates in Athens. Overall the Norris/Marvin do a great job but if you are moslem or arabic... you guys might get offended by this movie.
- TheColt
- 3 lug 1999