Skyjacked Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Guillermin
Genres: Action
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Sky Terror is the reissue title for Skyjacked, a 1972 MGM all-star adventure based on a novel by David_Harper. Charlton_Heston mans the controls of a Los Angeles-bound commercial airliner which is hijacked to Russia by an unknown miscreant. Even when the skyjacker, revealed to be passenger James_Brolin, is subsequently subdued, the crew must contend with a hidden time bomb. The film is graced with a who's who of MGM contractees past and present, including Yvette_Mimieux, Walter_Pidgeon and Mike_Henry. A flashback sequence contains one of the first examples of an American film coming to grips with how rudely our Vietnam veterans were ignored upon returning home; alas, this compassion quickly degenerates into the odious "crazed Vietnam vet" cliche. Footnote: The first network showing of Skyjacked was boycotted by TV stations owned by the Storer Corporation, which had a hard and fast rule against screening any film concerning a hijacked plane. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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