Turbulence

Turbulence (1997)

  • 17% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 23% of users liked it
    (2,691 ratings)

Airplane travel is a precarious thing at best, and despite the billions of miles traveled safely, the notion of being trapped in a thin metal shell miles above the ground with someone who deliberately imperils lives never fails to chill. In this thriller, serial killer Ryan Weaver (Ray Liotta) gets… More

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Jan 10, 1997 Wide
HBO Video

Critic Reviews

  • Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today

    Fasten your seat belts, folks. It's going to be a cliche-cluttered ride.

  • Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    About the best thing that can be said about Turbulence is that you're unlikely to encounter it as an in-flight movie.

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    Lame, lousy, horrid. No wonder Jim divorced Lauren.

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  • Jeff "


    Turbulence is a pretty decent action thriller that is underrated. The film isn't great, but it certainly isn't as bad as what many critics have said about the film. I found that the film could have used some improvement, but otherwise it was a mindless two hours thrill ride.… More

  • Tsubaki S


    Bad in the most amusing way possible. Ray Liotta turns the ham factor up to 11 and then some more with his craptastic performance. He's in full Nic Cage mode here.

  • Lee ?


    One of the best plane-thrillers out there. It's worth watching for Ray Liotta's enjoyably maniacal performance alone. Lots of nail-biting and edge-of-your-seat moments from catagory-6 storms, dead pilots and Liotta terrorizing Lauren Holly all over the plane. Very… More

  • jay n


    A vile piece of junk.

  • Anthony L


    One of the worst films ever! Watch the editing at the end. One minute Lauren Holly is flying the plane, the next she is locked out of the cockpit and being strangled, and then flying the plane again! Its sooo fucking bad. Robert Butler and John Duffy , you are both a disgrace to your… More

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