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Air Rage (film)

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Air Rage
Theatrical film poster
Directed byFred Olen Ray
(as Ed Raymond)
Written bySean O'Bannon
Produced byDon Key Jr.
Alison Semenza
Jim Wynorski
StarringIce-T
Cyril O'Reilly
CinematographyMac Ahlberg
Edited bySabastian James
Vanick Moradian
Music byDavid Wurst
Eric Wurst
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Air Rage is a 2001 American action film directed by Fred Olen Ray (credited as Ed Raymond) and starring Ice-T and Cyril O'Reilly.[1]

Plot

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Colonel John Sykes orders his men to massacre a village where they were sent to rescue hostages, but decides to get payback when they find them dead. When Sykes returns to the U.S. to be court-martialed he is forced to make a plea agreement where he receives all the blame in order that his men will be honorably discharged and receive all of the benefits they are entitled to. However, General Harlan Prescott, who is presiding over the trial, chooses to not agree to the terms and throws the book at Sykes. Sykes and his men are dishonorably discharged. While Sykes is being transported, he's rescued by his men. Sometime later, Prescott has been appointed to an important government position and he boards a plane to go on his latest assignment. Sykes and his men are also on the plane and take control over the plane. When the tower learns of the deviation, a government man arrives and upon learning of Sykes' presence on the plane sends a team to board the plane while in flight. After the team is massacred by Sykes and his men, the sole survivor has to stop Sykes and his only help is the flight attendant. [citation needed]

Cast

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Reception

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"Attitude and altitude combine in this high-flying hijacking adventure.", commented TV guide, in a review that also stated, " Unable to muffle the rap cadences in his speech, Ice-T inadvertently turns his performance here into an exercise in camp. His comical implausibility is woefully apparent in this routine adventure populated by cardboard fascists and one-dimensional heroes."[2] The film has also been described as "essentially wartime propaganda about a flying fortress and its crew".[3]

References

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  1. ^ Air Rage (2001) | MUBI (in French), retrieved 2024-01-03
  2. ^ "Air Rage". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  3. ^ Martin, Mick; Porter, Marsha (2003). DVD & Video Guide 2004. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-44993-1.
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