TURBULENCE
SKYRANCE 1997 100 Mins. Lauren Holly, Ray Liotta, Rachel Ticotin, Hector Eliza n dogs, Catherine Hicks, Brendan Gleeson and Ben Cross Star. Written by Johnathan Brett (Occupant) Directed by Robert Butler (Up the Creek) Rated R for strong language, violence and gore.
I remember seeing this in theaters when it first came out. I was working there and I remember us getting a bunch of promo items for it. Released on on January 10, 1997 the movie was a box office bomb opening with a little over 4 Million on its way to a measly 11.5 million on a 55 million budget. I remember it just being me and my friend opening night. Well I have to say I definitely enjoyed it than and I just enjoyed the hell of out of it now revisiting this cheesetactic masterpiece. Lauren Holly (Dumb and Dumber) stars as Teri a flight attendant working the Christmas shift after her fiancee has broken things off with her. Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) is Ryan Weaver a sadistic serial killer whose raped and murdered 5 women and is being escorted to death row by four Marshalls. After a fight breaks out and people are left dead including the captain, Teri finds herself stranded in the open skies with a Maniac who wants to make her the next victim.
The movie is a guilty pleasure to be sure and it's so overly entertaining it's easy to dismiss the hamminess afoot. The performances are nice and over the top from Lauren Holly as our heroine and Ray Liotta having the time of his life as the killer. Catherine Hicks (Child's Play), Rachel Ticotin (Total Recall), Hector Elizondo (Pretty Woman), Brendan Gleeson (28 Days later) and Ben Cross (Star Trek) make for some solid support. As you can imagine there's a bunch of chase scenes as well as a few pulse pounding showdowns and it all culminates with an edge of your seat landing sequence and a bunch of goofy one liners. It's not for everyone but cinematic Trash this good shouldn't be denied. It has now become one of my favorite Christmas movies.
RATING= 8.5 KILLER SANTAS OUT of 10
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