Air Rage (Video 2001)

When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States... See full summary »

Director:

Fred Olen Ray

Writer:

Sean O'Bannon

Stars:

Ice-T, Cyril O'Reilly, Kimberly Oja

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ice-T	...	Matt Marshall
Cyril O'Reilly	...	Colonel John Sykes
Kimberly Oja	...	Kelly Young (as Kim Oja)
Steve Hytner	...	Morton
Gil Gerard	...	Victor Quinn
Glynn Turman	...	Ted Bigelow
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	Gwen
Chick Vennera	...	Fishman
Mark Humphrey	...	Davis
Alex Cord	...	General Harlan Prescott
Shane Conrad	...	Cujo
Rick Cramer	...	Deadman
Richard Anthony Crenna	...	Dalton
Don Dowe	...	Roberts
Mark Hicks	...	Banzai

Storyline

When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States the Colonel would be court-martialed and made a plea agreement wherein all the blame is on him and his men would be discharged and receive any benefits they're entitled. But the General presiding over his trial chooses not to agree to the agreement and throws the book at the Colonel and has his men dishonorably discharged thus eliminating all their benefits. When the Colonel is being transported, his men bust him out. Sometime later the General has been appointed to an important government position he boards a plane to go on his latest assignment. The Colonel and his men are also on the plane. They takeover the plane. When the tower learns of the deviation a government man arrives and upon learning of the Colonel's presence on the plane sends a team to get on board the plane while in flight. When ...

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Taglines:

Altitude Gets Attitude

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 July 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Purple Heart

Company Credits

Production Co:

Phoenician Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Besides the fact that the stewardess fires an Uzi toward a cockpit (and all the other gunfire that occurs on the plane) without compromising the pressure hull or damaging any cockpit equipment, she starts out firing 2 or 3 shots in single shot mode and then lets off an automatic burst without switching to full auto. As they show the bullet holes appearing in the terrorist and he crumples, a few rounds of the burst continue after he has fallen, and she is still firing directly into the cockpit, but nothing happens to the cockpit windows or instruments.

User Reviews

Who Left the Vault Door Open?

Or did Phoenician Entertainment find the key to the vault with every piece of stock footage available? First we had SONIC IMPACT...then SUBMERGED...and now AIR RAGE. I see that this film's working title was "Purple Heart" and you earn one (nothing demeaning to those members who have really earned one) if you can sit through this useless drivel.

What we have is a disgruntled Marine Corps colonel who hijacks a passenger jet carrying the nominee for Defense Secretary. In fact, this colonel has it in for the nominee and he also wants a disk that his is carrying.

We quickly jump to a poor man's Executive Decision as Ice-T (of all people) leads the worst group of commandos to assault the airliner via air transfer from an SR-71.

If you don't get the idea yet, stick with the original EXECUTIVE DECISION and if this is on cable late at night when you can't sleep, do yourself a favor...watch it because you will fall asleep.