GUENOT PHILIPPE
Of course this is maybe the one hundred and first AIRPORT rip off, in the line of the disaster movies fashion which proliferated in the seventies. And Dave Lowell Rich was a specialist for this kind of topic. Of course, you find here so many clichés already seen dozens of times before...of course nothing new, but that remains rather pleasant to watch, and I have seen far far worse in that disaster movies field.
quamp
I think the producers of this film felt that if they assembled a good cast, they could cover over the shoddy script. Nothing doing here. Another thing the producers ignored here was chemistry; none of the actors really have any magic with each other, and many of them let their egos get in the way of making a good film. This is especially true of stereotypical blonde-bimbo actress Misty Rowe and Tina Louise. The whole plot of the piece is basically a rip-off of Airport. Take these talented actors and put them on an SST where everything goes wrong. There's a deadly virus that gets out when the seals explode in the area, and then everyone gets sick. In the end, when the plane crashes in the African jungle, you'll wish everyone died in the crash. No such luck, however....
rjs_bird
I am a fan of Bert Convy. Unfortunately, though, I have to say this, BUT, this film was a complete failure as were some of Bert's other films (BUT SOME WERE VERY GOOD). It was basically a good actor in Bert Convy, who, tragically didn't get some good parts. He plays a guy talking about his bimbo-girlfriend which didn't make sense. Many other well-known people are in this too including Regis Philbin, who plays an ANNOYING television reporter, Billy Crystal as a FEY STEWARD.., Peter Graves, and Lorne Greene. This was like a "rip-off" version of the later-to-become "AIRPLANE" in 1980 which was a success then. Some things in this movie really didn't make sense. Some good actors just didn't get a good movie.
InzyWimzy
A plethora of stars are here. I was surprised to see a fay Billy Crystal, annoying Regis, Mike Brady, Burgess, Ginger, Q, Peter Graves. It's Titanic in the sky as anything that can go wrong does go wrong on this plane's maiden voyage. Lots of sub plots are thrown at you and still no story can be found. I loved the realism of how passengers could easily walk up and down aisles freely during the flight. This wild ride couldn't end any faster for me.
