In today's era when action movies have no new ideas, "The Highest Crisis", which was born in 1996, is even more precious. It seems to be a cliché of anti-terrorist hijacking, but it makes the decent leader die unexpectedly, the rookie team members are in a hurry, not chaotic to go to the earth-shattering reversal, and the plot twist design is novel and unique, exquisite, and bloody.
In the past anti-terrorism masterpieces, there were both wise and courageous double good men lurking on the plane and defeating the enemy one by one, but the US military in this film chose the newly developed invisible "Magic Shadow" suction cupboard, and sneaked the commandos into the interior of the aircraft, which is very novel. And the photography, soundtrack, fights, character performances and other aspects are excellent, and the production is excellent!
Hollywood gold medal tough guy Steven Siege played the commander of the U.S. Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel Qu Weis, took the initiative to ask Miao to lead the raid team, and must also take Dr. Glenn, did not expect that the plane had an accident in the docking, the Magic Shadow crashed, and Seag was also accidentally killed. Dr. Glenn can only fight four members of the team in adversity.
From the beginning of the human bomb, to the terrorists hijacking the plane, to the anti-terrorist team members sneaking into the plane, the narrow belly corridor makes this film with limited investment amount not as hot and spectacular as "Prison in the Air", but the whole process has a tense and cold atmosphere like "Life and Death Speed", which is still thrilling!
Kurt Russell plays Dr. Glenn, whose first intelligence blunders the action team and loses one of its members. He lost contact with the headquarters behind him, and in the face of the uncertainties of bombs, infidelities, and US Air Force attacks, he could only sweat and go to the danger of being ordered, and he sent his team members to monitor the enemy and wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
Engineer Kashi and the seriously injured and unconscious bomb disposal experts are trying to defuse bombs, terrorists are ordering the United States to release their leadership, and another politician on the plane who is the next candidate for the presidency of the United States hastily contacted the headquarters and took the opportunity to do something to consolidate his political capital, but he was killed unexpectedly, which is even more poignant.
"Black Pearl" Harley Berry was not yet famous at the time, or the first time to play the action blockbuster female number one, she played a black flight attendant, then witnessed terrorist hijacking, indignant questioning the other side bullying the weak, what is the job, get answered is the Koran. She accidentally received a call from a counter-terrorism team member, and was reprimanded by the enemy, which was even more heart-wrenching.
Dr. Glenn and the four members of the team not only fought the enemy and poison gas bombs, but also faced the AIR RAIDs of the US military itself, after all, the country would not compromise with terrorists. The stroke of genius is that the decent faction sends out a Morsemi code by receiving the navigation lights of the airliner: "Operation Alpha One, wait ten minutes." This shows that the screenwriter is professional and has a big brain.
The surprise is the climax of the war, the flight attendant's identification of the traitor is actually holding a jewelry box, Dr. Glenn scans the entire cabin, found that the real traitor had to press the bomb button, and hurriedly shot to stop it. From the box falling to the two sides wrestling, each shooting and sacrificing, to the bomb being pressed, but being blocked by their own people, the story twists and turns, and the peak circuit is exquisitely carried out!
Dr. Glenn, who had learned to fly a plane but had never practiced it, showed off a plane to land with the assistance of a beautiful stewardess. The first passenger plane ran over, the second could not stop the car, and finally let the plane rush through the iron fence and stuck on the sand pile at the end of the runway before it stopped.
Jim Thomas, John Thomas, the screenwriters can write "Predator", "Deep Behind the Enemy Lines", and thoroughly consult the internal information of the aircraft, director Stuart Baird is the editor of "Die Hard 2" and "Superman", so that the film follows the creative ideas of Hollywood classic movies, and various clever twists tighten the plot to the last second!
Tens of millions of investment in this film is not a masterpiece of hundreds of millions of dollars, a white-faced student and four special soldiers who have lost their leadership, but they fight with the gangsters to win the battle of wits, they can reach the level of classic masterpieces, relying on strict control of scripts, character performances, photography, editing, soundtracks and other aspects, so that the classic masterpiece is only a corner of Hollywood's glacier!
The crippled bomb disposal expert was in the ambulance, and finally saluted Dr. Glenn, who had a private flight attendant, who did not understand the action to return the salute, and the legendary hero was not written as a tall and complete, but shaped into a flesh-and-blood, flawed person!
The anti-terrorist commando team counterattacks in a desperate situation, not only relying on professional skills, but also needing to be in danger, be in a hurry, communicate secretly, observe subtle, and bravely fight hard to win against the sky. Hollywood is great, and that's exactly what it is!