Iam impressed by the classic cuts and shapes in a blue shirt which is slightly more casual in appearance than the corporate white worn by Harrison Ford, an American cultural icon.
Ford’s favourite abode is in Hollywood. He is arguably among one of the most appealing and charismatic actors in Hollywood; he indubitably pulled off the impassable and inconceivable in “Air Force One”, a 1997 American political action thriller film, directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen.
The film presents President James Marshall as its protagonist which is lustrously played by Harrison Ford; Ford becomes a cinematic idol with the blessings of his most acclaimed roles as Han Solo in the “Stars-Wars”- an American epic space opera media franchise and Indiana Jones from the series which carries the same name. This assuredly unique 90s Hollywood blockbuster with the traits of a significant classic style makes Harrison Ford as a lightly mystifying American President who baffles, hampers and thwarts the hijack of his plane, Air Force One.
President’s jet
A cinemagoer does not need a minefield of information to assume as to how the movie got its name “Air Force One”. Interestingly the name was initially heard during the Kennedy administration in 1962; the first jet specifically built and made available for the use of the president became universally known as “Air Force One”.
Harrison Ford, the protagonist of “Air Force One” was in his 50s, as the movie was released; “Air Force One” is said to have refined and distilled his acting career into a chilled and frigid-in-amber flash: Ford’s simple yet sonorous and vibrant presence supported by his unassuming flair and grace of appealing along with his hands on experiences poured him with such a huge sense of remarkability that shed light on different schools of thought hedged and fenced on simultaneously classic and action films.
President James Marshall is sanguine and self-assured with a pivotal sense of optimism that bestowed him with courage and versatility, synonyms for any President. His fight is for his country as well as his family. Following a speech in which strong dislikes and refusals are declared in having negotiations with the terrorists, President Marshall, accompanied by his family, flies back home on “Air Force One”.
Threat of violence
The plane meanwhile is hijacked by a group of terrorists whose leader makes a demand for the release of an ill-famed and notorious dictator on threat of violence. Without compromising on himself during the process, President Marshall vows to retaliate against the captors. With president Marshall, being played by Ford taking the film under his own command, a high-stake adrenaline rush runs through the blood of the viewer.
Marshall was an Air Force helicopter pilot, and flying during the Vietnam war was one of his priorities. A vast number of helicopter rescue missions were his synonyms where a Medal of Honour, awarded to him made him a flyer of cachet and momentousness.
With such an overwhelming valour and valiance, James Marshall had since been elected as the President of the United States of America. Ford with his compelling charm and eloquence gives life to the character of President James Marshall.
Gary Oldman as Egor Korshunov, a pitiless Radek loyalist who commands the hijacking mission on “Air Force One” is a connotation of terrorism. Korshunov is of the firm belief that the downfall of the Soviet Union has led to the destruction of his country; Oldman is in line with Ford and jointly they nail “Air Force One”. The movie for some theatregoers is their all-time best Hollywood action epic; an audience of such calibre remarks that Harrison Ford shines as the lead actor in the role of the US president.
Modest hero
Ford, being a self-effacing and modest hero, heroically makes his way through the hijacked plane; reaching out to his wife and daughter who are prisoners on board. The movie has an alluring soundtrack put into action by Jerry Goldsmith is presumably out of the park as much as it is the case with almost all his films.
Exquisitely directed by the magnificent styles of Petersen who assures every action with his intrinsic knack in the film making; transpiring the demur and defiance together with beguiling taut and rigid sequences from each and every compartment of the massive aircraft to the contingent at the Oval Office White House in Washington DC.
You will be gummed and glued to your couch watching “Air Force One”, a stirring, rip-roaring and patriotic masterpiece, wherever you are.
