IMDb RATING
4.7/10
7.3K
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Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.
Illana Diamant
- Sharon Geller
- (as Illana Shoshan)
Robert Lujan
- Steward Rives
- (as Bob Lujan)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe enemy jet fighter is portrayed by a Swedish SAAB J 35F 'Draken' (Dragon).
- GoofsAn OH-58D (The helicopter flown by Sean Young's character) can not be flown single-pilot in the left seat. Many of the Mission-Related controls are only available to the Right-hand seat (Pilot-in-command seat.)
- Quotes
Jake Preston: I AM THE GREATEST!
- ConnectionsEdited into Supreme Sanction (1999)
- SoundtracksDo You Remember
Written and Performed by Phil Collins
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
by Arrangement with Warner Special Products / Virgin Records Limited
Featured review
This film is nowhere near as bad as people on here claim.
Alright, it's not original, and it's not accurate, but it's a fun way to spend an evening.
Not to mention the AWESOME performance from Tommy Lee Jones. He delivers line after line of cocky deadpan humour to perfection in this film.
If you are a Tommy Lee Jones fan, this film is a MUST see, as it has him at his very best. If you loved lines like "dammit, we've only got an inch of topsoil left!" in under siege, or the "Alright people, listen up, we have a fugitive on the loose!" speech from The Fugitive, you are going to love some of his stuff in this film.
Alright, it's not original, and it's not accurate, but it's a fun way to spend an evening.
Not to mention the AWESOME performance from Tommy Lee Jones. He delivers line after line of cocky deadpan humour to perfection in this film.
If you are a Tommy Lee Jones fan, this film is a MUST see, as it has him at his very best. If you loved lines like "dammit, we've only got an inch of topsoil left!" in under siege, or the "Alright people, listen up, we have a fugitive on the loose!" speech from The Fugitive, you are going to love some of his stuff in this film.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Airborne
- Filming locations
- Tucson, Arizona, USA(Army pilot training post, Laundromat scene)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $22,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,760,451
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,358,761
- May 28, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $14,760,451
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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