All special agent Paul Ross (Randy Coulture) wants to do is to win back his ex-fiancé, but his plans are sadly thrawrted when his love is on a mammoth plane that's been hijacked (hence the genius name of this film) by terrorists, which makes his day that much worse as he had been suspended earlier that day.

While not nearly as bad as some of the reviews that I've read, it's not a particularly good film either. The action scenes are all right, it's just that it's plot is devoid of any originality and is hopelessly derivative which draws comparisons to similar terrorists on a plane films that this movie can't help but not fair well to. The acting is also not one of its stronger.points. All said, the movie while watchable is a bit forgettable.

Eye Candy: Marla Malcolm gets topless

My Grade; C

The whole approach to this movie took me back to the '80's, an era when the genre was at an all time height and the story didn't seemed to matter all that much. The era of big, dumb, overblown action movies, in which a lot of classics got made but even more absolutely horrible movies. I'm sad to say that this is also an absolutely horrible movie, that does some absolutely stupid things.

First of all, for most of the time I had absolutely no idea what was going. About halfway in it, I still had no idea who all these people on the plane were and why they were on it and what the hijackers wanted exactly. And it's not done in a mysterious thriller type of way but all done in a clearly incapable and lazy way. The storytelling is just absolutely horrible at times and the way the entire movie flows and develops certain story elements are done in an atrocious way!

Every time I thought that the movie would start to become potential good and interesting it would cut off and go to something completely different. You could say that the movie is being way too short and should had taken its time with some of its story- and character development. Yes, it sounds strange but I wanted this awful movie to be longer, so some things could had developed into something potentially good and more interesting maybe.

The editing makes the movie all the more worse at times. I don't know but it at times feels as if entire sequences were missing and it at times makes some sudden jumps. It will confuse you and lets some sudden developments and scenes come across as incredibly stupid.

And I also can't really say that this is an action filled movie. There are a couple of good old fashioned fist fights and some weapons get fired but overall its just nothing tense or spectacular to watch. There is of course only so much you can do with its premise and settings but simple fact is that there are plenty of other genre movies around that do a great job with its concept of a plane being hijacked in midair, so it really shouldn't be an excuse for this movie.

And how are the likes of Randy Couture, Dominic Purcell and Vinnie Jones in this? Absolutely awful, though I feel you can't blame any of them really. When given the right material, all of them still could be some decent action hero stars.

It's just as bad as any other dumb, low budget, action flick but this movie does some very stupid and incompetent stuff as well, making this movie worse to watch than just the average genre attempt.

3/10

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The film opens with newsreels about a vast international terrorist group called "The Tribe" and news about billionaire Bruce Lieb (Craig Fairbrass). After an episode at a party and a shoot out to introduce the characters, we discover there is a plan involving Bruce Lieb and the terrorist group and it is taking place on his flight tonight!

CIA agent Paul Ross (Randy Couture) due to cutbacks, does some freelance work and warns Bruce Lieb. When he discovers his ex-fiancee (Tiffany Dupont) is on board the plane, Paul boards it. At this point it becomes good guys vs. bad guys in a straight forward Seagal type film. During the conflict there are things which appeal to be bad plot continuity points. However unlike a Seagall film these were actually clues for the final twist explained at the end. The film, which was cliche, now becomes clever and leads into a squeal.

The plane effect looked fake, either CG generated or a model on a string. How I long for the days of stock footage. Randy is a dull actor in the Statham/Seagall mode. The film needed some humor relief as the dialouge was a bit dry. You really didn't know the film was clever until the end as it lulled you into a sense that this is a poorly written action film. This could have been an enjoyable movie with some tweaking. If you like the Seagal type film, this one can be no worse.

PARENTAL GUIDE: F-bomb, mile high sex, nudity (Marla Malcolm).