It's really amazing that people like to fly today considering all the air disaster films Hollywood has made over the years. There was a trickle during the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s (with such films as "Five Came Back" and "Zero Hour!" and "The High and the Mighty"). However, in the 1970s, it became an absolute phenomenon. Following "Airport" (1970), there were a flood of sequels as well as this film, "Skyjacked". It's really a wonder that ANYONE flew after seeing these films! "Skyjacked" is interesting in that Charlton Heston starred as the pilot in this one...and was also a pilot in "Airport 75". He does not, however, play the same character (thank goodness!).
The film begins with a star-studded cast of passengers boarding an airplane. However, shortly after the plane leaves the airport, one of the passengers reports that they found something interesting in the restroom--a message written in lipstick on the mirror that says that there is a bomb planted aboard. To make it seem like it's NOT a crank, the person who left the message also left a detonator for the staff to find! Shortly after, one of the flight attendants finds a message on her cart instructing that the plane must change course to anchorage NOW or else! What's to happen to the plane and the innocent people and who is the hijacker--if there is one? Tune in and see.
I was surprised by this one. Although I hated the sequels to "Airport", "Skyjacked" actually works quite well and is a tense little thriller. Now I am not saying it is a great film--the flashback subplot seemed totally unnecessary and dumb. Plus, the childbirth scene on the plane made me laugh, as the kid looked about a month old AND came out 100% clean! Sorry to say, it really doesn't work that way! By the way, if you care the 'Russian' fighter planes are actually American F-100s. You cannot blame the film company, as it wasn't like they could borrow some Soviet MiG fighters for the production!
The film begins with a star-studded cast of passengers boarding an airplane. However, shortly after the plane leaves the airport, one of the passengers reports that they found something interesting in the restroom--a message written in lipstick on the mirror that says that there is a bomb planted aboard. To make it seem like it's NOT a crank, the person who left the message also left a detonator for the staff to find! Shortly after, one of the flight attendants finds a message on her cart instructing that the plane must change course to anchorage NOW or else! What's to happen to the plane and the innocent people and who is the hijacker--if there is one? Tune in and see.
I was surprised by this one. Although I hated the sequels to "Airport", "Skyjacked" actually works quite well and is a tense little thriller. Now I am not saying it is a great film--the flashback subplot seemed totally unnecessary and dumb. Plus, the childbirth scene on the plane made me laugh, as the kid looked about a month old AND came out 100% clean! Sorry to say, it really doesn't work that way! By the way, if you care the 'Russian' fighter planes are actually American F-100s. You cannot blame the film company, as it wasn't like they could borrow some Soviet MiG fighters for the production!