Aurora: Operation Intercept (1995)

User Rating:

3.1/10   

Director:

Paul Levine

Writer (WGA):

Paul Levine (written by)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

Beyond speed, beyond war, beyond control!

Plot:

There have been two mysterious plane crashes in only 48 hours. The aircraft suddenly lose control and crash...

Plot Keywords:

Airplane Accident | Independent Film

Cast

Bruce Payne	...	Gordon Pruett
Natalya Andrejchenko	...	Francesca Zaborszin
Lance Henriksen	...	William Stenghel
John Stockwell	...	Andy Aldrich
Michael Champion	...	Johann Wells
Dennis Christopher	...	Victor Varenkov
Corbin Bernsen	...	Flight Engineer Murphy
Curt Lowens	...	Dr. Zaborszin
Corinne Bohrer	...	Sharon Pruett
John Prosky	...	Capt. Hulett
Jon Chardiet	...	Radio tech
Paul Eisenhauer	...	Government agent
Kay Gerhard	...	N.A. 737 stewardess
Dean Howell	...	Warren
Katherine Moffat	...	T.A. stewardess

Also Known As:

Operation Intercept (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, and for some language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Germany:18 | UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:16

Company:

Hess/Kallberg Productions

I belive the word is 'Lame'

Good lord, this is atrocious. I went in expecting very little, but this didn't deliver what I was expecting. I was thinking some decent explosions and some dogfighting and whatnot, mixed with bad acting and lame lines with cool special effects.

First, we have the explosions/dogfighting/special effects. The movie, as the title indicates, is about a top-secret (and, according to conspiracy theorists, real) plane code-named 'Aurora' which is far faster than anything we currently have, carries more bombs, Nevada to Baghdad in 2 hours, that sort of thing. The planes are computer generated, by and large, and not very well at that.

Perhaps I'm a bad judge, since I play with computer animations quite a bit myself. But, at the same time, -I- (as an amateur!) could have done better graphics for planes, explosions, missles, and the like on my home computer. Really, not good.

Next we have plot/scripting/acting. I came in not expecting much, and I got what I expected. Most of the plot is minor setups for more shots of planes chasing planes being chased by missles. (No machine guns anywhere in the movie. Not one.) The acting is primarily 'This is aurora one, targetting aurora two, preparing to fire, missles away' type of stuff. The actual acting to be done was weak at best.

Worth a good laugh or if you wanna know what really bad movies look like. Never ever ever pay for it. (I saw it on cinemax, so I didn't really pay for it, thankfully) Don't rent it, only watch it on the premium channels when there's _nothing_ else on.