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Christine Elise and Jack Wagner in Atterissage impossible (2000)

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Atterissage impossible

16 reviews
5/10

I'm certain we passed a perfect spot a little further back

This happened to be on, and I wasn't really doing anything else at the time. It's a made-for-TV thriller about tension on an airborne plane. Those tend to be pretty formulaic, and this is certainly no exception. It's average as they come, if it'll basically get the job done. The developments are all entirely predictable(care to take a guess if anyone panics?), and some of the dialog is really poor. With two exceptions, the cast is all nobodies, and it shows; the acting varies greatly, and there are definitely cases of scenery-chewing. None of the characters are memorable. The development of them is decent. Anyway, Jack Wagner takes a break from appearing in the fantasies of female Melrose Place viewers and returns to the small screen, and he's enjoyable enough to watch. Ernie Hudson brings some of his coolness to this, but as you may already know, his presence does not on its own a good flick make. The suspense and such are fine, if you just remember to pretend you don't know exactly where things are going. Honestly, you don't need to have seen any of these to be able to tell, the clichés are known by most. The way it's shot and edited is OK. I recommend this to fans of this kind of movie. 5/10
  • TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews
  • Jul 31, 2010
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5/10

Decent, But Nothing Out Of The Ordinary

A pretty standard airline suspense story about a bomb planted on a 747 on a flight from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles. There's some decent suspense, but the whole thing is pretty cliché (time clock clicking down to the last few seconds, the usual brief shots of faces taut with the strain, etc.), and the performances are average at best.

What really bugged me in this movie was why the writers felt the need to have an FBI agent conveniently present in Sydney when the threat was phoned in, and not only present but becoming front and centre in the search for the bomber. Maybe I'm being too sensitive here, but I rather suspect that the Australian police wouldn't need the FBI's help in what seemed to be a pretty routine piece of policework. That just made the whole thing too American-centred (with no discernible reason or need for it) for my liking.

Overall, though, it's an average to decent movie. 5/10.
  • sddavis63
  • Jul 28, 2001
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6/10

Good TVM *** out of *****

  • Welshfilmfan
  • Jan 25, 2009
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One of TBS's best originals!

This is a great show. They put suspense into saving, not the world, but a single 747. And it's no secret agent doing it. It's just a regular pilot. And his co-pilot. Original plot about a psycho out for revenge. He bombs a plane, and while they have to disarm it, the FBI's gotta catch him in order to find out how to disarm the bomb. When he dies, the greatest (and almost only) hope for the plane explodes itself. What's kind of stupid is the moment they think they've disarmed the bomb- almost the very second- they learn there's a back-up trigger. But it's still a lot of suspense for 1 plane. I'm impressed with TBS.
  • The Peacemaker
  • May 20, 2000
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5/10

Seen "Executive Decision" ?

What a ridiculuous movie. The plane they are using is a copy, even the NAME from Executive Decision. The same boring plot as all the other plane movies combined with "B" type acting and terrible animation equalling this horror. Oh and COME ON.... landing lights at 39,000 feet? LOL - TBS.. get a clue!
  • nymoosi
  • Oct 25, 2002
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1/10

Made in 2000 with scripts from the 70s

This is one of the worst things I have seen on TV. I would have accepted it if it would have been made in the 70s or 80s. Nowhere to Land has all the stupid things you remember from the films from that time. For example:

There is a bomb on a plane in Nowhere to Land witch every one know will explode in very short time. The situation is really hectic but there is always time for a the typical "time stop" that you see in American movies. Here we have everything from a nice speech from pilot to wife... a kiss and some talk between a boy and a girl before jumping out of the airplane. All this while the bomb is ticking or deadly gas is spreading in the cabin.

The bomb releases a danger gas that are spreading through the cabin. But instead of running away from it the crew always looks at it first for about 10 seconds and then run.

The pilots teacher and former co-pilot is on the plane and dies quite heroically in the end trying to move the bomb further away from the passenger. However the movie ends in pure happiness like we should have forgotten all about him.

Nowhere to Land includes most of the old clichés that we have seen over and over again and are sick of seeing. Therefore I think it would have been better to make this a comedy and change the title to "Not another plane movie".
  • Haze1
  • May 26, 2002
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1/10

Shot Down in Flames

Could it be possible for a film to have any more worn cliches as this film? Another airliner in trouble. Another heroic captain saving the passengers from certain doom. There was absolutely zero suspense and zero originality here. As the plane's pilot Jack Wagner was awful. All smirk and smarm and no hint of realism. When making your viewing reservations be sure to book another flight. This one was grounded for mechanical defects.
  • Bcaldc10
  • May 13, 2001
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7/10

Very gripping

I only saw the last 15 minutes of this film, so I cannot say what the overall film was like, however, the part I saw was very good. The acting was very impressive, and the fear was very believable. I was very scared, just from that fifteen minutes, and when it finished I realised that I was shaking, I had been so frightened. Usually when I am channel hopping, I don't stop at films. This one had me gripped from the moment I selected its channel. I, personally recommend it to anyone who likes lots of tension in a film. The only down side is, I never want to go on an American airline now. I really want to see the rest of what promises to be a great film.
  • little-miss-chocolate
  • Nov 16, 2005
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5/10

"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley!"

The only actor missing from this cliché bomb-on-a-plane movie is Leslie Nielsen. Mildly entertaining, but rather predictable and at times pedestrian. Too much time spent on character development at the beginning. Also, even though this movie was made before the tragic events of 9-11, there are far too many holes in Security that allow the psycho to plant his bomb on the plane. And do bombs really have clocks with large red digital countdown numbers on the front? Worth a watch, but don't expect too much. I give the film 5 stars out of 10.
  • FloridaFred
  • Sep 15, 2018
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1/10

Plane Disaster Bore Fest!

Ok it's a TV movie and yeah it's done on a budget especially as they have used stock clips from better plane disaster movies.

First of all no way the security would have allowed that ornament on the plane with all that wiring in the case so already the B. S meter is alive and kicking.

Acting is rather wooden with some of the characters and in truth it's a case of nobody cares with regards to each character as zero character development.

I was wishing the whole plane would crash killing them all as they were all stupid and as interesting as paint drying on the wall.

The would be nerve gas terrorist was just so dull it made me switch off constantly.

Is this worth your watch?

No is the answer and how people gave this high numbers of rating beggars belief but trust me when I tell you this * Films Sucks Goats Balls*
  • cynet-52332
  • Apr 13, 2024
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10/10

Good film!

Nowhere to Land is a fair film! It stars Ernie Hudson, Jack Wagner, Christine Elise, James Sikking, Mark Lee, Rachael Blake, Helen Thomson, Damian Pike, and Laurie Foel. The acting by all of these actors is very good. Hudson is really great in this film! The action is good. The music is good. The film is quite exciting and the movie keeps you going until the finale. This is a very good and thrilling film. Just ignore the bad comments and give this film a try! If you Ernie Hudson, Jack Wagner, Christine Elise, James Sikking, and the rest of the cast I've mentioned above, thrillers, air plane disaster films, and exciting non-stop action films then I recommend this film!
  • Movie Nuttball
  • Jan 18, 2005
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3/10

Terror In The Sky!!!

  • rmax304823
  • Nov 5, 2013
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Paint-by-number airline bomb story (predictable spoiler)

  • Jeramie
  • Dec 7, 2000
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10/10

Could have been a perfect sequel to Speed

  • steeleronaldr
  • Feb 20, 2022
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Perhaps Somewhere to Land (Spoiler)

  • jjdubs-2
  • Jan 6, 2001
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Fairly suspenseful for a TV movie.

  • TxMike
  • Sep 26, 2007
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