Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001) (V)

Director:

Jorge Montesi

Writer:

Wade Ferley (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 April 2001 (Argentina)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Taking terror to new heights.

Plot:

Terrorists hijack an airplane that is broadcasting a rock concert live on the Internet.

Plot Keywords:

Hijack | Terrorist | Sequel | Terrorism | Aviation

Cast

Zak Santiago	...	Gabriel Mendoza (as Zak Santiago Alam)
Monika Schnarre	...	Erica Black
Sharon Alexander	...	Mandy Morgan
Gabrielle Anwar	...	Kate Hayden
Rick Burgess	...	Kyle Martin
Bernie Coulson	...	Shred
Brenda Crichlow	...	Mary Wilson
Kendall Cross	...	Karen David
Nathaniel DeVeaux	...	Jack Fletcher
Mike Dopud	...	Dave Barrett
Marrett Green	...	Reporter
Michelle Harrison	...	Jen Shore
Rutger Hauer	...	Copilot MacIntosh
Marlowe Kaufmann	...	Nance Goldsmith
Andrew Kavadas	...	Damen

Also Known As:

Turbulence 3: Métal hurlant (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

Russia:90 min | USA:98 min

Country:

USA | UK | Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:15 | Greece:K | Germany:16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Studio Eight Productions

Quotes:

Nick Watts: [warningly] Slade, your evil twin is coming towards you. We need to figure something out.
Slade Craven: [in the control room] Now we get to play.

Movie Connections:

Follows Fear of Flying (1999)

Soundtrack:

Razor Electric

Stop and Go Quality

This movie is a truckload of great ideas bogged down in a morass of hokey execution. Production values are ok, the film quality is _great_, but the dialogue is stilted and camera work mundane. There is also very little plot. It also seems to be a showcase of actors who's careers have been or could have been. Rutger Hauer, Gabrielle Anwar, Joe Mantegna, Craig Sheffer, the little baldish tv director who used to play hitmen (including on the episode "Bushido" of Miami Vice).

PROS:

Concept: a Marilyn Manson type gothic (-ish) rocker has organized a concert in the sky, complete with mock executions and The Hitcher is your co-pilot. (But wait, a gang of _real_ satanists want to hijack the plane and crash it into an unknown town in Kansas... )

Monika Schnarre, who must be one of the most beautiful women on earth. I'd never heard of her, and she's already 30? Maybe it's just the razor sharp cheek bones, strong chin, the red hair and the fact that she's covered head to toe in black leather...

Gabrielle Anwar, who is hot although not quite up to her more youthful standard of Body Snatchers (1993 - what happened to _her_ career?).

Rutger Hauer seems to be having a good time reliving his Hitcher days.

CONS:

Hokey

Poor dialogue

No plot to really speak of

The actors start losing the spirit halfway through this unlikely mess, specially Gabrielle Anwar and Joe Mantegna.

Church of the Stull?

The movie has a distinctively Canadian feel to it.