The plot elements here can get quite ridiculous, yet I thought the movie was still entertaining, as it's laced with tongue-in-cheek humor and some good performances.
Samuel L. Jackson gives his usual solid performance as American President William Alan Moore, who's on his way to a G-8 conference in Helsinki. However, Air Force One and its fighter jets escort come under attack from surface-to-air missiles, and with the planes defense mechanisms deliberately disarmed President Moore will be forced to evoke an emergency evacuation plan over the wilderness of Finland.
At the same time a 13-year-old Finnish lad, Oskari, has been sent alone into the same wilderness by his father Tapio (Jorma Tommila), and other elders, to prove his manhood by hunting and returning with a slain animal. Onni Tomilla (the real life son of Jorma) is terrific as Oskari, and he often "steals the show" here, as he finds himself in the middle of a terrorist plot to capture and eventually kill President Moore.
The fine actor Ray Stevenson is believable here as a turncoat Secret Service Agent. Also, Mehmet Kurtulus is credible as the psychopath, who regards himself as a big game hunter who wants to capture the President, and then after humiliating him on social media intends to have him stuffed and mounted by a taxidermist.
All in all, if you don't take this movie, ably written and directed by Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander, too seriously it can be an entertaining flick. There's also a twist at the end which I thought worked rather well.
Samuel L. Jackson gives his usual solid performance as American President William Alan Moore, who's on his way to a G-8 conference in Helsinki. However, Air Force One and its fighter jets escort come under attack from surface-to-air missiles, and with the planes defense mechanisms deliberately disarmed President Moore will be forced to evoke an emergency evacuation plan over the wilderness of Finland.
At the same time a 13-year-old Finnish lad, Oskari, has been sent alone into the same wilderness by his father Tapio (Jorma Tommila), and other elders, to prove his manhood by hunting and returning with a slain animal. Onni Tomilla (the real life son of Jorma) is terrific as Oskari, and he often "steals the show" here, as he finds himself in the middle of a terrorist plot to capture and eventually kill President Moore.
The fine actor Ray Stevenson is believable here as a turncoat Secret Service Agent. Also, Mehmet Kurtulus is credible as the psychopath, who regards himself as a big game hunter who wants to capture the President, and then after humiliating him on social media intends to have him stuffed and mounted by a taxidermist.
All in all, if you don't take this movie, ably written and directed by Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander, too seriously it can be an entertaining flick. There's also a twist at the end which I thought worked rather well.