A rich businessman lives a life of ease and contentment in the company of his loving family. One day, however, his wife and children get abducted by determined kidnappers who demand a king's ransom in military equipment. Alarmed by the news, the wife's ex-husband rushes to the scene in order to offer his help...
"Sky riders" is a thriller/action movie set in Greece. It's a very watchable movie that includes magnificent stunt work, especially with regard to paragliding. Many of the paragliding scenes take on an almost dream-like beauty.
Politically speaking, this is not the deepest movie around. The kidnappers are depicted as extreme-left terrorists determined to do some serious fighting, but that's about as far as the explanation goes. In many ways they're just generic baddies to be outwitted and defeated, like the mustachioed Mexican bandits showing up in Westerns. One gets the impression that the various makers of the movie were wary of getting dragged into a realistic depiction of the domestic problems and politics of Greece, which would have resulted in a far more bitter and tragic work.
Watching and enjoying "Sky riders" does require solid suspension of disbelief, especially during the second half, when the brave rescue attempt goes underway. Is it really credible that a group of well-trained terrorists, armed to the teeth, could be foiled that easily ? In real life, the gallant rescuers would probably have ended up as mincemeat. And it would probably have been "requiem aeternam" for the hostages too...
"Sky riders" is a thriller/action movie set in Greece. It's a very watchable movie that includes magnificent stunt work, especially with regard to paragliding. Many of the paragliding scenes take on an almost dream-like beauty.
Politically speaking, this is not the deepest movie around. The kidnappers are depicted as extreme-left terrorists determined to do some serious fighting, but that's about as far as the explanation goes. In many ways they're just generic baddies to be outwitted and defeated, like the mustachioed Mexican bandits showing up in Westerns. One gets the impression that the various makers of the movie were wary of getting dragged into a realistic depiction of the domestic problems and politics of Greece, which would have resulted in a far more bitter and tragic work.
Watching and enjoying "Sky riders" does require solid suspension of disbelief, especially during the second half, when the brave rescue attempt goes underway. Is it really credible that a group of well-trained terrorists, armed to the teeth, could be foiled that easily ? In real life, the gallant rescuers would probably have ended up as mincemeat. And it would probably have been "requiem aeternam" for the hostages too...