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Air Collision

  • Video
  • 2012
  • PG
  • 1h 32m
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Air Collision (2012)
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A fierce electromagnetic storm disables air traffic control, sending a commercial airliner and Air Force One, carrying the president of the United States and his family, on a collision cours... Read allA fierce electromagnetic storm disables air traffic control, sending a commercial airliner and Air Force One, carrying the president of the United States and his family, on a collision course.A fierce electromagnetic storm disables air traffic control, sending a commercial airliner and Air Force One, carrying the president of the United States and his family, on a collision course.

  • Director
    • Liz Adams
  • Writer
    • Liz Adams
  • Stars
    • Reginald VelJohnson
    • Jordan Ladd
    • Gerald Webb
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    • Director
      • Liz Adams
    • Writer
      • Liz Adams
    • Stars
      • Reginald VelJohnson
      • Jordan Ladd
      • Gerald Webb
    • 60User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Reginald VelJohnson
    Reginald VelJohnson
    • Bob Abbot
    Jordan Ladd
    Jordan Ladd
    • Lindsay Bates
    Gerald Webb
    Gerald Webb
    • First Officer Ken Aoki
    Michael Teh
    Michael Teh
    • Captain Roscoe Simms
    Darin Cooper
    Darin Cooper
    • Colonel Chuck Lawler
    Darren Anthony Thomas
    • Major Eric Lewis
    Andy Clemence
    Andy Clemence
    • President Phillips
    Meredith Thomas
    Meredith Thomas
    • First Lady Kimberly Phillips
    Stephanie Hullar
    • Milani Phillips
    Caryn Ward
    Caryn Ward
    • Presidential Purser Joan Watts
    • (as Caryn Ward Ross)
    Aurora Perrineau
    Aurora Perrineau
    • Radhika Darshan
    Dave Vescio
    Dave Vescio
    • Eli Reyher
    Korey Simeone
    Korey Simeone
    • Cody Marler
    Jonathan Nation
    Jonathan Nation
    • Brent Powel
    Jewel Greenberg
    Jewel Greenberg
    • Carlene Wheeler
    Matthew John Wimmers
    • Jeff Reed
    • (as Matthew Wimmers)
    Edward L. Green
    • Klaus Ingram
    Mat Lageman
    Mat Lageman
    • Nigel Conway
    • Director
      • Liz Adams
    • Writer
      • Liz Adams
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    1jrbasso

    Horrible

    This movie is completely horrible. The story is really bad. Movies with airplanes are not new, and this movie do not bring anything new or special. All the same, with bad actors and bad production. It is far from be realistic. Somethings is very annoying and makes no sense. Any person with sense about physics and sense knows that these things no make sense. This is not a fiction movie, so should not bring these kind of things. The special effects are terrible! I guess Star Wars in 1970 has better special effects than showed on this movie. Explosions, smokes, atmosphere, etc are completely ridiculous. I waist my money/time watching it.
    3paul_m_haakonsen

    If you don't die from the impact, you'll die from laughing...

    Oh dear lord, this was hilarious. It was so bad and so full of errors that it was actually a great joy to watch. It was just one mistake after another, and for me it grew into a sport to spot the goof and errors in this movie. And trust me, there is a lot!

    For starters when the very first thing appeared on the screen was The Asylum, then I knew this was going to be one of those movies. Yeah, you know which ones I am taking about, because The Asylum trademark is founded upon these laughable low-budget disaster (and monster) movies. And "Air Collision" is no different, and why should it be?

    The story is about two air planes on a collision course with one another; one being a commercial carrier and the other is none other than Air Force One itself. Indeed, how very original. But it gets better, because everything that can go wrong, will go wrong in this movie, and that is what makes it so darned hilarious. The story itself is actually entertaining enough, that much credit should be given to The Asylum, but for everything else, well it is just a standard run of the low-budget disaster movie mill.

    As for the cast tied into this movie, well initially I think people were doing an overall good enough job with the acting, given the material they had to work with. So it was not on this aspect that the movie was halting.

    And as we all know (and love) about The Asylum and their movie productions, then they enjoy taking the same scene and show it repeatedly through the feature. And true enough, the same goes for this movie, a lot of repeated usage of the same footage over and over. Classic The Asylum stuff right there.

    Then let's move on to some of the glorious mistakes and goofs throughout "Air Collision". For starters, the questionable CGI effects with the faulty satellites, that was just amazing. Especially because they all were faulty and fell down from the skies, most of them managing to strike populated areas, oddly enough, wonder if they had some kind of guidance system for their crash course. But questionable CGI is sort of part of The Asylum's trademark productions, so let's not linger too much about that.

    When Dr. Antonia Pierce (played by Erin Coker) scaled the fence and was stopped by a soldier, that was just priceless. Let's back it up a notch, there was nowhere in the vicinity that the soldier could be hiding (or lurking), and yet the good Antonia couldn't see him, but immediately as she set foot on the ground he magically appeared and arrested her. That had got to be some impressive camouflaging on his part.

    Or during the scene where the commercial airline had it's hull ripped open, and the people on board it managed to seal the massive gap in the hull with duffel bags and hand-carry trolleys. Wait, what? Seriously? Yeah! Seriously!

    You just got to love the menacing sky that turns all purplish-pink with constant (and repeated footage) lightning over and over. But then in the next scene it is a clear blue sky with lazy clouds, but then later on turns back to purplish-pink. Pick one and stick with it already!

    And lets not forget about the bearded hippie-like passenger with the headband who was sucked out of the air plane when the roof was missing, nothing wrong with that as per se. But then a couple of scenes later he was back in the plane, sitting comfortable in his seat. What the... So he was sucked out of the air plane, went for a spin through the air and miraculously returned back to the seat? How is it even possible to make a mistake like that?

    Another of my favorite goofs was when Bob Abbot (played by Reginald VelJohnson) and his intern made it to the Cleveland Museum of Aviation and could just walk around there undisturbed by neither other visitors or guard personnel, and better yet, go up and start using, modifying and tinkering with museum exhibitions without anyone raising any objections, questions or even asking what was going on, that was just priceless. So no one except those two were at the museum? Yeah, that seems likely.

    Alright, well aside from all these really, really bad mistakes and goofs, then "Air Collision" is not amongst the worst of movies to have been produced by The Asylum. And that being said, should actually weigh heavily in the mind of those familiar with their previous work.

    "Air Collision" is far from a super great movie, but there are far worse and more ridiculous disaster movies available out there. This movie is worth watching, I suppose, if you are just laying about on the couch with no energy (possibly nurturing a bad hangover) and just want something silly to laugh at and be mildly entertained by.
    3shakercoola

    Requires a stratospheric dose of suspended belief

    An American thriller; A story about a small passenger plane on a collision course with an airliner. This action film in the disaster subgenre has for the most part a stream-of-consciousness style of storytelling. We are given to believe that a new satellite radar system has been activated to control airborne aircraft elevation and flight path in the skies, and while system override failure is not entirely inconceivable no explanation is given to the cause of it all, details like how radar is affected or how space objects don't burn up on re-entry. The director spends no time with build up, backstory or character building - it leaps into the action with low grade special effects. While the carefree editing gives it a carefree, throwaway fantasy feel, unsurprisingly tension never dwells in any of the sequences. Nevertheless, Jordan Ladd has fun with her role and Reginald VelJohnson's presence is an asset.
    2walterhpdx

    Oh my god

    I think you need to be high to appreciate this movie.

    The storyline premise was intriguing, but the actual details? Not so much. I mean the dude that's having a heart attack? People - you don't give CPR if the person is still breathing. You don't use a auto-defribrillator if the person says "I'm having a heart attack" but is still moving around (besides, auto-defribrillators won't work in that instance). If that woman with seizure activity was THAT sick, she would have kept the medication at her side.

    I seriously can't even...
    3elderwisdom

    Good story bad everything else.

    The story itself is pretty good, but it's very obvious it's a low budget sloppily-made movie. I came across this movie on my TV about 30 minutes in. I watched it for about 20 minutes before changing channels as I still had no idea what was going on. The acting apart from a few main character actors was dreadful and unbelievable. It's a shame because the plot is pretty good & it could've been big, had it been acted and directed by professionals and actual actors. Nothing makes sense, I keep asking my TV questions every few seconds. Awful movie. I hope someone makes a remake with actual actors and producers/directors.

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      Aurora Perrineau's debut.
    • Goofs
      There is actually a nail head and hammer strike visible in the wooden window frame of the cockpit visible through the silver paint.
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      President Phillips: I'm the President of the United States!

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    • Release date
      • March 27, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 空中剎機
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Clarita, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Asylum
      • Heavy Chop
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      • $450,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 32m(92 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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