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Crash Landing (Chinese: 紧急迫降; pinyin: Jǐnjí pòjiàng; literally "emergency forced landing") is a 1999 Chinese thriller film directed by Zhang Jianya.

A Shanghai Film Studio production, Crash Landing follows the contours of many airplane disaster films, such as the Airport series, and stars Shao Bing, Xu Fan, and You Yong.

Crash Landing follows the tense hours on board a stricken passenger aircraft that was on a routine flight from Shanghai to Beijing. Shortly after taking off, the pilot (Shao Bing) discovers that the plane's landing gear is unable to be retracted. Unable to continue, but unable to land, he and his flight attendant wife (Xu Fan), are forced to circle Shanghai.

Meanwhile, on the ground, a troubleshooter (You Yong) is called to see if he can get the aircraft safely back on the ground.

Reception

Due to the film's scale and budget, Crash Landing was seen upon its release as a prime example of the growing sophistication of China's mainstream film industry,[1] with one western media review calling it "one giant leap for Chinese cinema."[2]

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The Producer/Director Knows Nothing About Aircraft

The plane is a 747 Jumbo. The cockpit is located on the upper deck on a
747. In the movie the pilots do not climb the stairs in the 1st Class
cabin to reach the cockpit. They walk to the front of the 1st Class
cabin and through doors into the cockpit. What a gaff !!! The front of
the first class cabin has a cloakroom for jackets and a TV screen.
Beyond that is the radar dome. Before takeoff a 747 is shown to
commence the taxi to the runway. On take-off the plane is shown to have
only two engines. Areal 747 has four engines. Who was in charge of
continuity on this movie ? During the early part of the flight the
front of the plane suddenly includes toilets – another farcical gaff
!!! After that the front of the plane becomes the rear and vice-versa.
At this point I stopped watching. Absolute rubbish!!!

byungdohsuh from Korea - 20 June 2009

Literal title tells it all

God, does Jim Wynorski have a decent film in him? And why do I watch
his films? Why do I in fact own some of his films on DVD? Maybe because
they are so bad, they are fun to watch — with one eye closed. This
time around, an actor with a dazed expression, permanently wrinkled
forehead and absolutely no acting ability named Antonio Sabato Jr. (I
love the "Jr." part) plays a special forces type named Major John
Masters assigned to keep an eye on some billionaire's bubbled-headed
daughter on a vacation flight. A sorry-looking group of terrorists take
over the flight so they can ransom the daughter. Masters plays cat and
mouse with them, just like Bruce Willis did in DIE HARD and Andy
"Wishmaster" Divoff did in INTERCEPTOR. On the ground, we see the
nervous billionaire and a general who spends the entire film in his
undies, as he has been awakened at home to deal with the crisis. Played
by old-time TV actors Kevin Dobson and John Beck, all these two guys do
is stand around and spout bad dialogue. So does Michael Pare, given
costar status as a Marine in charge of an atoll. He and his grunts are
ordered by the general to lengthen their runway, in the middle of a
"Force 3" hurricane, to allow the now-damaged plane to land (guess
who's flying it). The wooden-faced Pare, once something of an action
star, has the single best line in the movie, when he yells to his boys
to go out and extend that runway, come hell or high water. They proceed
to slowly get into these tiny earthmovers that go about 2 mph. It is
hysterical and an absolute highlight of the movie. Another funny moment
has the plane's passengers sliding down the emergency slide of the
now-landed plane. The pilot was shot by one of the now-dead terrorists
and requires a stretcher, which Sabato at least remembers to ask for
before deplaning with the girl, now his amour, leaving the wounded
pilot and a premed student on board. Sabato and the girl walk off
camera, with Pare and his men right behind them — and no stretcher in
sight. The End. The fights during the flight are clumsily staged, in
case you were wondering. Last but not least, you have never seen a
jumbo jet like this, assuming you know anything about jets. Parts of it
seem more like rooms in someone's estate. The CGI isn't bad, if
obvious. A must-see for those who love really bad movies. Wynorski has
been making films for 30 years, and each new one seems like his first.
He is the Uwe Boll of STV.

xredgarnetx from Connecticut - 27 February 2008

Entertainment Lives!!!

The "Cheese" was not spread thinly as this movie was so great for an
entertainment venture as I watched it on ShowTime. The "cartoon effect"
especially of aircraft in the beginning was really special and as it
appeared throughout the movie. Antonio Sabato could play a young Arnold
Schwarzenegger (my opinion only) and was the best actor in the whole
movie. Military protocol was embarrassing and the "slipping" of the 747
in the 100 something naught wind was just too much as I thought I saw
them "slip" at a 90 degree and…touch down at the same time…at 90 deg? I
loved the movie with all its quirks and the planeload of chicks was
special.

tomsack from United States - 21 December 2007

Comedy

My suggestion….. This movie was really intended to be a
"comedy",wasn't it?!!!! If not, the producers, directors, actors &
"hair stylists" should really choose another career! Now, the
guidelines of my submission requires a minimum of "10 lines". How in
the world can I add any more to this? Hmm…Let me see. Oh yes, the
beginning of the movie was quite hilarious with the "crash landing"
scene. Too bad that the plane didn't hit the tanker truck & a bunch of
"martians" would have scrambled out from the wreckage (obviously
hiding) and decided to take over the "world" planet and make a better
movie. Now, that would have been a great beginning!T

t-beery from United States - 29 November 2007

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