TURBULENCE (1997)

 

Directed by: Robert Butler

Starring: Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Catherine Hicks, Hector Elizondo, Rachel Ticotin, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Cross, Jeffrey DeMunn, John Finn, Heidi Kling, Gordy Owens, Michael Harney, Grand Bush, Richard Hoyt-Miller, Michael Francis Kelly, J. Kenneth Campbell, James MacDonald, George Cheung

100 minutes

(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:

Ryan Weaver romances beautiful women before he kills them. Ryan is arrested, convicted, and is part of a Christmas Eve transfer of prisoners on a transcontinental 747 commercial flight. Other airlines at JFK may have holiday passengers waiting on stand-by, but this jumbo jet takes off with a lot of empty seats. Ryan and another prisoner overpower and kill their guards. The few civilian passengers are herded into a "pantry" on the plane and are not seen again until the end of the movie. Ryan eliminates the other prisoners and all the crew members except Teri Halloran. The remainder of the movie follows a "cat-and-mouse" game between Ryan and Teri on the 747.

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