Turbulence Reviews

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. The cast is pretty good here, never anything great, but there's some good enough performances to make this one worth seeing. The film could have been better, but as a whole this is a mindless thriller. If you enjoy these types of film, give it a shot. The film is not as bad as what everyone has said, and there are plenty of things to enjoy about this film. Even if it's not a great film, this is a pleasantly entertaining flick that is fun to watch. This is the type of film that you need to turn off your brain to enjoy. I found Ray Liotta to be quite enjoyable here, and he played a pretty good bad guy. The film definitely had potential in being something much better due to its very good concept, but for what it turned out, it was decent and with a cool thriller that was very interesting, it saved the film from being a total dud. The film certainly has its flaws, but it's nonetheless an enjoyable film if you're in the mood. The film works most of the time and it succeeds at providing you with a lot of mindless thrills. This film is not as bad as what everyone has said. There are far worse films out there. But as a mindless thrill ride, Turbulence delivers.

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.

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 entertaining stuff!

A vile piece of junk.

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 professions!

Ray Liotta riffs wickedly on the cunning psycho groove he developed in Unlawful Entry in this good thriller film. Holly does a respectable job as the heroine. The airplane, the set design, and the special effects steal the show.

This is a fairly good action film with a lot of recognizable faces in it. Not the greatest plot but plenty of action. Not heard of it before but passable for a nights viewing.

Bad, bad movie! Just horrible!
The worst plane-thriller movie I've ever seen! I don't know why I even watched it, guess I just wanted to see the level of stupidity.
The script is ridiculous, Ray Liotta horrible and Lauren Holly, god I just wanted her character to die already.
It's so, so stupid, "yey there is a serial killer outside the cockpit, let's get out to see if he wants to kill me too!! :D" "oh, you can't catch me, yey I'm back in the cockpit and the plain is still in the air even though there was no one flying it and we just passed a level 6 storm and the plane made a 360º turn, yey" -_-
Don't watch it, really -_-
I can't even believe they made two sequels of this, god -_-

Ray Liotta is great in this..

Not too bad really

Proof that Lauren Holly isn't good enough of an actress to carry a movie, especially a trainwreck like this.

Lots of Fun, But Check Your Brains At The Door

There are worse movies than this but you can do a whole lot better especially when you have an acclaimed actor like Ray Liotta involved. This movie is cliche riddled beyond belief, Liotta is the only actor worth the screen time, the action is decent and why the hell is Brendan Gleeson putting on that stupid accent overall this is a slightly entertaining mess.

Interesting plot, but not a great movie.

Here's another film rating.

C'MON, FUN AND EXCITING MOVIE!! IT THOROUGHLY HELD MY INTEREST!!

Best in Show: Lauren Holly
One for the future: Lauren Holly
Stand-out scene: Teri's plea for a second sortie
Brainer or no-brainer: No brainer
Stands up to one viewing or repeated?: One
DVD commentary any good?: n/a

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Ray Liotta has had a patchy career quality of roles-wise since his excellent turn in Goodfellas. This film is firmly in the popcorn no-brainer camp as Liotta airs his menacing tough-guy persona for the umpteenth time as prisoner-in-transit Ryan Weaver. By now, everyone should know that if a window is broken or if a gun is fired repeatedly inside a plane, that plane's chances of remaining airborne are approximately zero, but this IS a disaster cum thriller so such rules don't apply. The former Mrs Jim Carrey, Lauren Holly plays plucky trolley dolly Teri, who Weaver takes a shine to from the moment he steps aboard the Boeing 747 transporting him to a new prison facility on Christmas Eve. As long as you're prepared to suspend your disbelief, this is a fairly entertaining movie of its type although you do start to get a bit exasperated at Teri's prioritising abilities (landing the plane's more important than finding out whether your fellow trolley dollys are still alive!!) and Weaver's stupidity (smash up the plane's communications and/or control panel and she'll never land it!!) and surely if you had your foot caught in a trap door you'd be walking gingerly from then on....but this is trying to insert some logic somewhere where there isn't any. Brit Ben Cross (Chariots of Fire) gets a small role as the pilot charged with talking Teri through the landing. Brainless but a good laugh.