AIRPORT '79 is crap.
They couldn’t figure out what kind of airplane disaster movie they wanted to make, so they basically made two airplane disaster movies linked by a story out of a spy thriller. The first one was “concorde must outmaneuver military aircraft to survive,” and the second was “concorde must crash land in the Alps.” And they didn’t even think to include any cannibalism in that second one.
George Kennedy’s Mr. Patroni, the ace mechanic from the first film, airline exec from the second, and stander around from the third, is now a salty pilot with thousands of hours in every airplane ever made. He shares the cockpit with Alain Delon, master of the poker face, and David Warner, who had much more fun in TRON. A variety of B-listers, each with their own little story, ride in the back. There’s much screaming and throwing about of paper, but little actual excitement.
In fact, I just didn’t care about anything that happened onscreen during AIRPORT ’79. When it comes to this franchise, go for the first and third installments. Numbers two and four aren’t worth your time.
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