Brenda Vaccaro, Christopher Lee, George Kennedy
A luxury 747 carrying valuable art work is hijacked and lands in the ocean, submerged in shallow water. Will the crew and passengers make it off before the plane floods with water?
DVD Release Date: June 15, 1998
Stats: 167 reviews
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October 9, 2009
Not up to par with the original Airport or even Airport 1975. The storyline weakens (guess airport security was pretty lax in those days). How a 747 can crash land in the water and stay in one piece and THEN only sinks 100 feet or so in the bermuda triangle off the Atlantic Oc...( read more)
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April 13, 2009
Not that bad. A diferent kind of adventure. It's not about the flying. It's about being trapped under water. Interesting to see Christoffer Lee not act as a villian and Lemmon not in a comedy. And anything with James Stewart is worth a look right?
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November 17, 2008
Excellent movie. Very realistic one. The acting is glamorous. I like that scene where the airplane is falling down. When it crashes on the water it seems very real or real, to finish or to say the final is glamorous too.
For 1977 this film was extremely suspenseful. A great cast...( read more) -
October 8, 2008
Good clean fun in the seventies under the sea.
It's a mystery though, how all decent black people are seroiusly injured and drunk stupid white people lives on without a scratch. -
June 17, 2008
More ridiculous than the first two in concept, but no less entertaining than the first sequel. The first one is still the best.
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