I THINK MY TITLE SAYS IT ALL !
Coincidentally, I first saw (part of) this film when I was 11, a matter of hours before going on my 1st airborne flight; perhaps not the most reassuring time to see it ! A bad omen ??
Sure, there's next to nowt cultural about this film ! Aesthetically obsolete - all war-torn towns, military vehicles and blood-splatters, a very obvious moral message about not taking civilians hostage (and a far more questionable moral message about letting women off-board a hijacked plane, but not men; bloody feminism!), and not even a soundtrack (if a cheesy epic-pop score !). Other than that it's all just men chasing each other round in cars/bikes, firing missiles at one another (love the motorbike missiles being fired from behind; sooo corny !) and people being shot. KINDA SUMS IT UP !
I suppose the 2 parts of the film that do allow you any emotional sympathy for the characters are the German stewardess' reluctance to single out the Jewish passengers (nazi-guilt), and the Catholic Priest confessing to being Jewish born ("just like Jesus Christ") out of support for the other Jewish hostages.
Let's give it 7/10 for being undiluted philistine 80's cheese; light entertainment, nowt more !
Coincidentally, I first saw (part of) this film when I was 11, a matter of hours before going on my 1st airborne flight; perhaps not the most reassuring time to see it ! A bad omen ??
Sure, there's next to nowt cultural about this film ! Aesthetically obsolete - all war-torn towns, military vehicles and blood-splatters, a very obvious moral message about not taking civilians hostage (and a far more questionable moral message about letting women off-board a hijacked plane, but not men; bloody feminism!), and not even a soundtrack (if a cheesy epic-pop score !). Other than that it's all just men chasing each other round in cars/bikes, firing missiles at one another (love the motorbike missiles being fired from behind; sooo corny !) and people being shot. KINDA SUMS IT UP !
I suppose the 2 parts of the film that do allow you any emotional sympathy for the characters are the German stewardess' reluctance to single out the Jewish passengers (nazi-guilt), and the Catholic Priest confessing to being Jewish born ("just like Jesus Christ") out of support for the other Jewish hostages.
Let's give it 7/10 for being undiluted philistine 80's cheese; light entertainment, nowt more !