Panic in the Skies (1996)
The cockpit of a Boeing 747 is struck by lightning during takeoff for a flight to Europe, fatally injuring the flight crew. Laurie, the senior flight attendant, enlists the aid of passenger Brett Young. They determine that the autopilot can bring the plane in for a landing, but soon learn that the autopilot is locking onto the transponders of airfields at random, including signals from small airports with runways too short to accommodate the jumbo jet. Meanwhile, federal officials on the ground who have lost radio contact with the jet debate whether the plane should be shot down to prevent a more disastrous crash in a heavily populated area.
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Wonderful character development!
Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
The title really says it all, and this film never shakes off its TV style, with your typical bad acting and over the top performances in some places, but Kate Jackson is pretty convincing in her role as an air stewardess, although sometimes you may think that if she just calls Charlie and asks for his help, she'll become Sabrina Duncan all over again!There have been countless TV movies/dramas detailing the effects of air disasters and so on, and I think to myself why the time and effort was wasted in making yet another one. In a nutshell, this really does not make viewers who are rather timid of flying (like myself) feel any better, and for those who are not frightened of air travel, watching something like Panic In The Skies will not be something they would want to remember.Nevertheless, Panic In The Skies does contain heart-stopping moments mixed with the usual sympathetic and emotional aspects of people fearing for their lives, and perhaps this is what makes it a little more interesting for the viewer who would actually want to see the film to the end and find out what happens, even if we can guess beforehand! 6/10
Oh-oh, the pilot's dead... So who's going to fly the plane home? Yes it's another variation on the old Airport theme, with a cast of TV movie stars looking either very panicky or firm-jawed in the face of disaster. I'm watching this as I type. It's so deliciously bad I can barely keep my eyes off it! The script is so bad it deserves some kind of award. Kate Jackson comes to the aid of a pregnant woman who wonders if her belt is too tight - never fear, Kate undoes the belt for her! Hurrah! Furthermore, unable to communicate with the pilots or access the cockpit Kate wonders aloud who's flying the plane. Very moving stuff. Tell your friends that they must hunt this film down. It's transcendentally boring!
I was watching this movie not too long ago.. Obviously it's one of those Airport disaster scenarios again..Well, this one has an all star cast.. Well, most of them. After the plane takes off from London, in the air.. disaster strikes when a lightning bolt hits the front of the plane, killing two the pilots.So, with no-one in the cockpit.. The question is.. who is going to fly the plane? Well, in this film.. It relied on Kate Jackson who plays one of the stiff upper lip air stewardess, who tries to keep the situation under control. Ed Marinaro, who's some kind of a wanted fugitive.. who's also caught up with the drama. Billy Warlock and Brandy Ledford who are also stewards on the plane backing up Kate Jackson's character..With other names like Robert Guillaume and Erik Estrada (who I remember him from the TV series 'CHIPS') plays as this hot shot actor who's also getting airsick on the flight.I must admit, the movie is worth watching.. But I want don't believe is.. how can a jumbo jet carry so much fuel if the plane is to fly a full 16 hours in the air? That's impossible..!Anyway, it's all fiction. But at the end of the day.. the passengers did land safely. I was hoping for more suspense an a few more deaths.. But all in all, this was nothing really..Enjoyable hokum.. 5 out of 10!
Some people here seem to think this movie is bad. I wonder if any of them have seen Airspeed which in my opinion was stupid, boring and laughable most of the time. This movie might not be 100% realistic but at least it seems to have gotten a little more thought and was more entertaining than Airspeed. This movie gets a 6/10.