User Reviews

This movie made no sense at all! For starters, we are thrown into it with zero build up. No proper character introduction or explanation.

Second, it was hilarious that the terrorists suspected/knew the one guy was a traitor. "One thing goes wrong? We have a traitor!" Why do you suspect him? Why do you think there's a traitor? Never explained.

Also, I found it appalling how INSTANTLY they wanted to shoot down a passenger plane full of people. Really, that was their first option? And then they end up shooting down a completely random, innocent plane.

This movie had potential, the concept is great. The execution was terrible and left me very disappointed.

Want to see poor CGI in a movie? Want see a movie where a man killed by a stewardess trolley? Want to see a move full off over acting? Well 97 min is the film no one wanted or asked for. Imagine another movie filled with terrorists hyjacking a plane so that they can all die on leaving just one man who turns out to be the only actor in the movie who can act. This movie is on a B level in terms of budget as well as actors including Alec Baldwin who can only attract these kind of movies due to his previous movie actions. Overall it's just a movie you have seen before but done much better in terms of quality. My advice is don't bother it sucks!

Unbelievable!

I'm not an airline pilot, but I am a commercial pilot, so I know something about these things. Here is a brief list of hilarious errors that I didn't see mentioned elsewhere.

SPIOLER ALERT

Opening scene, airliner in flight is 1,100 miles from US coast with 97 minutes of fuel. Uh, that's not going to work. At its max cruising speed of almost 500 knots, the fuel will run out at 800 nautical miles, which is 920 statute (or Hollywood) miles. Ain't going to make it anyway. Also, you are required to have reserves beyond expected time.

When the cabin pressure changes due to a bad-guy bullet hole somewhere (with the requisite falling masks fiasco) , it would reduce the cabin pressure, not increase it as they show.

The Raptors are intercepting the NYC-bound flight while they are 6 miles from some place in PA. Uh, what took them so long, how did our airliner make it to PA instead of NYC, and once caught, why are afterburners needed to keep pace with an airliner?

One night shot shows the airliner proceeding westbound, but with the moon to the north of it. Nope.

The "Heavy from Atlanta airspace" airliner nearly hits our airliner. Looking at the FAA map of ATC Centers, it would have had to fly through Washington, Boston, and NY Centers to get there - a long way from Atlanta.

After the passenger revolt, everyone is silent. If it were me, I'd be getting a beer from the liquor cart and giving a few Hoo-Ya's!

Baldwin directs the airliner to "Runway 2882". There is no such place. Runways are designated by just two digits, corresponding to the first two numbers of their magnetic heading, e.g. Runway-28 is aligned with 280 degrees. I think Alex's compass is wound up too tight! (Or maybe it's Rusty.) (Sorry; too soon?)

That mythical runway is "10 miles due south" but they "don't have enough fuel to make it". Must be the plane turned into a large rock. From 30,000 feet, the airliner should be able to glide about 60 miles.

Then the starboard engine runs out of fuel. Because this is Hollywood, that means that it must of course immediately catch fire, burning, uh...

At touchdown, we see a wonderful head-on shot of the plane landing. But in addition to there no longer being fires from the engine or tail, the 767 has miraculously turned into a Boeing 737.

The final plot twist involving the "good guy" is unbelievable. Plus, he neglects to instruct the heroine how to use the brakes, so it's fortunate that the 230,000 pound aircraft decides to coast to a stop on this little emergency airstrip without any of the theatrics that normally occur, even on big airports.

This movie - what a hoot!

A complete waste of time! I actually watched the whole movie to see if it could get worse and it didn't dissapoint - it got worse and worse. Acting was horrible as was the script & special effects to the point where we couldn't help but laugh. The fight scenes were so bad and look like they were the rehearsals - not the final edit! The basic plot was that a man was driven to seek revenge for the death of his son by the NSA and so he hijacks a plane and wants to crash it on US soil- but near the end he decides not to go through with his plan but to instead to save everyone on the plane with no logical reason given why???

In 2023's 97 Minutes, the title refers to the amount of time a 767 plane has before it runs out of fuel. How random. But hey, that's just scratching the surface because there's much more to "97's" ode to unlawful seizes, much much more.

97 Minutes is a hijack movie, an air disaster flick, a suicide mission vehicle complete with all the trimmings (that includes sneering terrorists, faulty operating limitations, and nuclear bombs in the belly). Co-starring the resurrected Alec Baldwin and Jo Martin, the film obviously looks like it was made on a restricted budget, shooting most of its scenes on two set locations (one of which probably wasn't even an actual plane). No matter, I dug "97". Why? Because despite its slight improbability and early on, muted character developments, the thing has brains (and some brawn). I mean somewhere Capt. Joe Patroni is well, smiling, gleefully.

Earning most of its hour and a half runtime with raveled plot workings and twist and turns that resemble any actual, disastrous 767 at mid-flight, 97 Minutes is its own entity, not trying to be commercialized like Air Force One or arty like United 93 (not that those films were bad cause they weren't). "97" is well, the thinking man's flying bird thriller, only exhibiting brute force when it has to and telling its story from an impassioned, Cold War-like point of view.

"97's" strongest asset has to be star Jonathan Rhys Meyers, an actor who has an uncanny way of carrying a close-packed pic with searing screen presence and a raw, physical dedication to his role. Meyers plays Alex, an undercover Interpol agent whose antihero vibes and two-faced lures give the audience member the feeling of being held in a cinematic vice grip. He basically helps 97 Minutes "soar" even higher (pun intended).

If u need to waste your time watching the movie go for it.

Action Boring Acting boring Plot boring

Hijacking is the main plot of the movie using 3D printing of toy gun use as real gun Why are they using toy model guys if one guy carried a real gun why not others.

They can easily place a nuke on a plane but they can't get real guns inside the plane there is no logic on that.

Bring down the hijacked plane using raptor F22 but finally they bring down the other passengers plane no one what happens to them silly loss of innocent lives.

At last Fight between Jonathan and another guy that looks like real action skills even the kid can understand they are playing.

Finally the villain aka hero changes the mind and saves the world and safely lands.

Guys if u really want to waste the time go for it i strongly suggest you do not do anything by not watching this film to waste time.