Bad Movie Logo
"A website to the detriment of good film"
Custom Search
HOMEB-MOVIE REVIEWSREADER REVIEWSFORUMINTERVIEWSUPDATESABOUT
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
April 27, 2024, 05:43:50 PM
 714454 Posts in 53097 Topics by 7742 Members
Latest Member: KathleneKa
Badmovies.org Forum  |  Movies  |  Bad Movies  |  SKYJACKED (1972) « previous next »
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: SKYJACKED (1972)  (Read 1909 times)
The Burgomaster
Aggravating People Worldwide Since 1964
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
****

Karma: 773
Posts: 9036
« on: July 14, 2007, 12:01:35 AM »




I bought this as part of a Warner Brothers cult classics 3 pack.

This is one of the worst airplane thrillers ever made . . . and Irwin Allen wasn't even responsible for it!

What makes it so bad:

* Typical disaster movie cast: Charlton Heston, Claude Akins, James Brolin, Walter Pidgeon, Rosie Grier, Susan Dey, and even Nicholas Hammond (TV's Spider-Man!)

* Every possible cliche: tough-guy pilot; romance gone bad; passenger (Mariette Hartley!) giving birth; U.S. Senator on board; bad weather conditions at the airport . . .

* The hijacker manages to bring a pistol, grenades, a sub-machine gun, and a detonator on board in his carry-on bag

Ooooooh, this is bad . . .
« Last Edit: July 15, 2007, 06:15:03 PM by The Burgomaster » Logged
"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."
lester1/2jr
B-Movie Kraken
*****

Karma: 1118
Posts: 12336



WWW
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2007, 09:13:01 AM »
why am I going to put this on my queue?  but I am.    great title.


one of the lesser fall outs from 9/11 is that there are not many hijackings anymore.  no one is going to sit and be quiet when they thnk they are going to be killed anyway. 

that picture of the girl on the swing is dope
Logged
soylentgreen
Bad Movie Lover
***

Karma: 36
Posts: 254
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2007, 02:21:45 PM »
I LOVE this stuff!  I was weaned on this "mass transit in peril" genre  Thumbup
I put it in league with THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE IS MISSING and DISASTER ON THE COASTLINER!

It's great to see those lobby cards, too.  Especially this one...

which makes it look more like of one of those "Tegn" Danish softie sex-comedies!   BounceGiggle
Logged
That's my driver's license picture....I hate that picture!"
Zebra 3
Dedicated Viewer
**

Karma: 0
Posts: 12



WWW
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2010, 07:24:56 PM »
Another Charlton Heston disaster classic, and don't forget the Cold War twist at the end.
Logged
'Huuutch!' - Starsky
Raffine
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
****

Karma: 812
Posts: 4466
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2010, 08:28:03 AM »
Quote
* The hijacker manages to bring a pistol, grenades, a sub-machine gun, and a detonator on board in his carry-on bag

Ah, the glorious seventies.
Logged
If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.
Pages: [1]
Badmovies.org Forum  |  Movies  |  Bad Movies  |  SKYJACKED (1972) « previous next »
    Jump to:  


    Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.20 | SMF © 2013, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
    RSS Feed Subscribe Subscribe by RSS
    Email Subscribe Subscribe by Email


    Popular Articles
    How To Find A Bad Movie

    The Champions of Justice

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    Manos, The Hands of Fate

    Podcast: Todd the Convenience Store Clerk

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    Dragonball: The Magic Begins

    Cool As Ice

    The Educational Archives: Driver's Ed

    Godzilla vs. Monster Zero

    Do you have a zombie plan?

    FROM THE BADMOVIES.ORG ARCHIVES
    ImageThe Giant Claw - Slime drop

    Earth is visited by a GIANT ANTIMATTER SPACE BUZZARD! Gawk at the amazingly bad bird puppet, or chuckle over the silly dialog. This is one of the greatest b-movies ever made.

    Lesson Learned:
    • Osmosis: os·mo·sis (oz-mo'sis, os-) n., 1. When a bird eats something.

    Subscribe to Badmovies.org and get updates by email:

    HOME B-Movie Reviews Reader Reviews Forum Interviews TV Shows Advertising Information Sideshows Links Contact

    Badmovies.org is owned and operated by Andrew Borntreger. All original content is © 1998 - 2014 by its respective author(s). Image, video, and audio files are used in accordance with the Fair Use Law, and are property of the film copyright holders. You may freely link to any page (.html or .php) on this website, but reproduction in any other form must be authorized by the copyright holder.