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Plot Summary:
Having taken the blame for an accident beyond his control, pilot Mike Hogan has been on administrative leave indefinitely; however when the airline is desperately short of staff, he is offered to be first officer and accepts, without enthusiasm, received with disdain by the well-connected commander. Surprisingly his come-back proves less then routine, as the captain gets knocked out and a collision as well as a murderer being transported by police require courageous action from Mike, his crew and several passengers, including soccer star Ty Conner.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 840
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film, fast, disaster movie
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Fuming over the departure of his wife Vivian and the cutting of his research funding, crazy nuclear scientist Rogers Henry constructs Medusa, a thermonuclear bomb capable of generating a continent-sized electro-magnetic pulse; such EMP could effectively destroy a computer-based society. He dupes Vivian into bringing it to the Pentagon to exact his final revenge on the government, rigging it so it will explode before its count-down if Vivian's pacemaker isn't within fifteen feet of it. Medusa arms itself in the air aboard Scott Nash's 737 cargo plane, and with Hurricane Sigrid about to hit the coast, nobody wants to let them land. Based on the novel by John J. Nance.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 488
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 240 min
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IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 325
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 574
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 538
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 401
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 278
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IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 884
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 898
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IMDB Rating: 3.8
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