Kaelan Mccaffrey
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Ella-May O'Brien
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Mathilde the Guild
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
NateWatchesCoolMovies
Before there were snakes on a plane, there was a charming serial killer named Ryan Weaver (Ray Liotta). We meet Ryan as he's about to go on a blind date with a cutie, and he seems like your average sweet guy. The scene plays out in romcom mode... until a SWAT team led by a veteran detective (Hector Elizondo) busts in and arrests Weaver, apparently just minutes in time. We then learn that Weaver is an extremely dangerous Ted Bundy type of dude who suckers women in with his flashy grin and good looks, only to murder them soon after. With the big bad wolf now in chains, Elizondo can rest easy, as it becomes clear he has been hunting him for some years now. The last step: transporting him by plane to the state where he will be tried and senteanced. Naturally, every security protocol is rigidly in effect, right down to Elizondo stubbornly accompanying the flight. And, naturally, Weaver finds a harebrained way to break his shackles and terrorize the nearest thing to him, which in this case happens to be a gorgeous flight attendant (Lauren Holly). Now they're 30,000 feet in the air with not a cop in sight but the aging Elizondo, and Weaver free to roam about as he pleases, teasing and taunting Holly with both mirth and menace. The film hinges on an actor's ability to be convincing, and Liotta is downright perfect in the role. He's played so many nut jobs and angry lunatics he could do it in his sleep by now, yet he still manages to give each baddie their own unique flavor and flourish. He is downright scary here, geniunly winning you over with his dapper gentleman act, then pouncing like a lion. He's a one man Con Air, and means business, piloting the movie with a sure hand and leading man talents. I consider this one of the great overlooked thrillers of the 90's, and certainly my favourite one set on a plane. Watch for appearances from Rachel Ticotin, Ben Cross, Jeffrey Demunn and Brendan Gleeson. Now there's two sequels: one with Tom Berenger and Jennifer Beals, which I still have to see, and another called 'Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal', which is a demented little flick with Rutger Hauer and Gabrielle Anwar. Neither have Liotta on their side, but the third is worth a watch just for its unintentional hilarity. This first one is the real deal, though.
Miguel Straw
I saw the Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 18% audience like, i thought it best to see for myself just how bad this could be... and I assure you its stunk...From the moment (SPOILERS) .....the implausibility of how one of the prisoners uses the soap dispenser to kill one of the guards, then the other whereby reducing a 4 man traveling police team to 2 (plus prisoners)....*(roll my eyes)*to stuffing all the passengers in the back... and killing every one... huh?to the landing, which was really cheesy!this move was as bad (in my opinion) as The Horse Whisperer! The time spent watching the movie to the end... time i cannot get back.... :-) LOL
PeterMitchell-506-564364
Turbulence is such as embarrassingly dumb movie, the actors must of surely had laughing fits in between. This is another half baked product, another one of these plane hijack movies, this bad review of it, made it made me want to go and see it. It's almost deserves it's place in the comedy section of the video store. Cool, handsome, smooth talking serial killer, Ryan Weaver (Ray Liotta) hamming it up here, boards a plane with another bad dude, and their two escorting officers. Liotta can be scary and he definitely has his moments here. Weaver has killed a few woman, the last one nearly losing her life too, when an obsessive detective (Hector Elizondo) and his team stepped in and saved her. Liotta as you can guess, escapes as does the other prisoner and turns this plane ride into bedlam. Lauren Holly, an innocent stewardess becomes the hero of the film, as all the pilots, most of stewardess's and some passengers who should of behaved, are all deceased. All the rest of the passengers are in the top deck, Liotta and Holly are left alone, where idle chat and some too close for comfort moments, take place. At least we are learning a bit about the killer. I like that intense scene between Liotta and another stewardess, who he childs for picking on Holly, that is before he kills her in a quite gruesome way too.I think he raped her also. There's an uglyness in Turbulence, that a lot of other plane hijack movies are void of, in terms of violence, and the loss of life, that's taken away so cheaply here. For Liotta fans, Turbulence will make your night, but this film just has a lot of incredulous moments. I can't imagine how scared I'd be if the plane did a 360. Just a good laugh/action romp, that may put you off planes for good. Why Ben Cross as one of the control tower pilots, who talks Holly through a safe landing, did this, is beyond me.
sometimez
Well, I don't like Ray Liotta. Luckily he's a mad bad guy. Lauren Holly does an alright job. All elements are average, but it comes together and many would be entertained. There's a slight ironic distance, some of the things are rather stupid, keeps things exciting, and then Lauren Holly is always good looking.Technically things works alright. However, a very low flying 747 too often travels at a ridiculous low speed. Also there's a fighter plane shooting debris off of the landing gear. Very funny.Well worth an afternoon ...:-)
