Air Force One: Killing an innocent hostage

[@timheavrin2253]

Gary Oldman is such a great actor he's tops in every role be it as a good guy or a despicable villain.

[@jackhsu3458]

The conversation after this scene, still memorable to this date. Have to admit, he's got a point. Ivan Korshunov : I know what you're thinking, First Lady. You want me dead. Well, it might come to that. In the war, people die. Grace : This isn't war! You just murdered an unarmed woman. Ivan Korshunov : You of all people, who murdered a 100,000 Iraqis to save a nickel on a gallon of gas. Are going to lecture me about the rules of war? DON'T!

[@grantwingate]

I had a conversation just like that with a disgraced brittish soldier the other day. Just like that.

[@danamarvelstar]

I didn’t get to that lesson in history class please explain.

[@PoeDameron15]

That moment where he yelled at her about the rules of war wanted me to tell Korshunov over the radio speakers to go screw himself.

[@DaveFisher-cq2dr]

I feel the exact same way about women hitting men, a man hits a woman and the woman says "you can't hit me I'm a woman", and the man says "you women hit a million men all because of women's right, BULLSHIT!

[@Lehr-km5be]

Too bad that it was Iraq that started the whole ordeal by invading Kuwait. Then they set fire to over 600 Kuwaiti oil wells, destroying the economy of the country and causing massive environmetal damage. It appears that people still forget about that part easily, just knowing that US invaded poor Iraqis who totally did not do anything.

[@viggianoj]

This scene really changed the entire movie from here on out.

[@theodoremcdonald9471]

Next time he'll choose someone more important That's ice cold

[@ariwl1]

I was kid when I saw this movie for the first time and this scene absolutely stunned me. Sure I'd seen action movies before and plenty of movies where people ended up dieing...but the building tension of the Ivan threatening to shoot a young defenseless woman, and realizing he was actually going to do it...well I just had never seen anything like that before. It's a haunting scene masterfully done.

[@a.jthomas6132]

Fun fact: Gary Oldman plays another Russian Viktor Reznov in the Call of Duty games.

[@ricardomarin487]

step 1 mason!!!

[@MenteMaestra91]

​@@ricardomarin487ascend from darkness!!!

[@сергейКурмыза-щ4й]

I hate Call of Duty!

[@a.jthomas6132]

@@сергейКурмыза-щ4й why?

[@meathead6155]

@@a.jthomas6132 Don't listen to him, he's a hater and a troll. A irrational bad troll liar. Beside Call of Duty has lots of inspirational from every 80s and 90s movie.

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

That was so fucking brutal, I remember when I first watched this movie I didn't believe he was going to shoot her.

[@Ashbash-kf5xd]

I remember I thought that when he was at “3”, then when he got to “8” I remember thinking “Oh God, No”

[@carmensandiego328]

This guy does not screw around at all. He’s absolutely deadly serious when he said he’s going to kill someone he’s gonna someone

[@Ashbash-kf5xd]

@@carmensandiego328 I remember watching it, thinking that and realizing this was the first actual terrorist I’d seen in my life.

[@Lukegty55]

Back when Hollywood had iron balls

[@davidbreen6335]

And before Harrison Ford started phoning in his roles.

[@one-metallica4156]

Facts

[@whochangedmyscreenname]

Oh, stop. Because people like y'all called Hollywood weak, and liberal, and communist. Even Back in the 90s. Yearning for the 80s and 70s. Then back in the 70s, same thing for the 60s and the 50s. The cycle continues.

[@markfox1545]

You think about other mens' testicles a lot, do you? What do you like about them?

[@jessedellross3245]

“Fun fact”.: the Mitchell character was based off the woman who showed the producers around Air Force One. The crew were VERY uncomfortable shooting this scene………

[@colormedubious4747]

I thought she was based on Dee Dee Myers.

[@viggianoj]

@@colormedubious4747 That was Dee Dee, she showed them around on Air Force One as well as being the real life press secretary back then.

[@ricardosandoval8376]

No me extraña que estuviera incómodo....🤦🤦😓😞

[@jameslongstreet9259]

Thats what's makes a movie great..

[@Shadowdoc26]

the next scene where he says “the people who slaughter innocent people in the Middle East to save a couple of nickels on a gallon of gas are going to lecture me on the rules of war!” He’s kind of right. We’re so used to being on the other side of this that we take it for granted when we’re finally down the barrel of a gun.

[@entelechy2020]

That's what makes him such an interesting villain. He's really not wrong in a lot of what he says, he's just incredibly zealous and has no hesitation to straight up murder in cold blood, innocent people to succeed in his mission. The other scene where he's talking to the daughter about her father also being a killer is spot on too. "Because he does it in that tuxedo with a telephone call? A nice big bomb?"

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

@@entelechy2020 Actually it's "and a smart bomb?"

[@Shadowdoc26]

@Peter Hanson i totally get that. They want the privilege of a woman with the benefits of a man without having to work for it. My girlfriend is Japanese and all she asks me is what do you wanna do today. She doesn’t feel the need to lecture. I would gladly do anything for her. Modern Western women, I’d probably sit by and watch them suffer.

[@imcallingjapan2178]

@@peterhanson3472 Good luck with your obvious anger management issues.

[@imcallingjapan2178]

@@Shadowdoc26 You need help.

[@philipdraper7284]

This scene traumatized me at 8 years old when I saw it on cable for the first time.

[@EvanMwas]

You ain't alone on that one😢😢😢

[@HSimon1981]

Gary Oldman's performance in this movie is brilliant

[@robertbilek9040]

I once read that Gary oldman stayed in character between takes to keep the tension.

[@davidbreen6335]

Gary Old man is Brilliant in anything he does

[@countdown8486]

These videos makes our days better

[@kelvinbremont1341]

Facts 🙌

[@mgaeeeee9150]

Is there any character Gary Oldman CAN'T play? The man is a fucking genius

[@jessicaregina1956]

He can't play a hot asian waifu

[@hidalgo7604]

Gary Oldman should've won an Oscar for this role. 😅

[@alfredvalrie5541]

2:23 this line MAN is so good

[@julianvirgil964]

Dude isn't playing around damn

[@CompoundNihilist]

The carrying away of the body lands hard, versus Ellis in "Die Hard" being dragged off as almost a sight gag.

[@TimoteoGonzales-yt]

Holy cow… Movies are supposed to be an escape-- an emotional roller coaster. Films like this one definitely made good on that, as did other action films from that era. Today, no one in Hollywood would have the guts to make these kinds of movies anymore…

[@robhill9336]

This movie was actually full of innocent victims. Smh

[@viggianoj]

True but hers really hit the hardest.

[@tonyb0904]

@@viggianoj I won't argue with you there, I saw this in theaters in my late teens, and this scene really tore me up, movie or not. In hindsight, I'm not surprised that the gunshot came before he reached 10, cause how good are villains at keeping their word, at least in media? A very small percentage, and I'm sorry but I'm not counting slasher movie villains here. While hearing the shot was intense enough, and I'm glad it was implied, hearing Melanie and the first Lady crying, it can hit anyone pretty hard, I got rather invested in certain characters, Melanie included. I agree with your comment and I'm glad to finally know that I'm not the only one who was hit rather hard by this scene. I've heard the film crew hated it too. In the briefing room, everyone there seemed not only horrified, but very saddened: Willaim H Macy's reaction pretty much mirrored mine to a tee .....except I actually cried the first couple times watching it. But nowadays, in my early 40s, this scene enrages me esp after Korshunov screams at Mrs. Marshall regarding the rules of war. But I think part of his goal here was instigating and of course added intimidation so, I'd say it worked a little too well, for audiences too! I mean weren't most audiences already scared of his character before this scene, cause once againI have to wonder? Anyway thanks for your comment, and proving my point with this scene, but sorry my comment was so long, mine are like that sometimes.

[@Sahilprakash1999]

2:41 President James Marshall picks up the butter knife and I know what is he doing he's going to cut the wire for controlling the fuel drop

[@nru3993]

Airforce one is the best harison ford one of my favorite actor

[@sammydavidjr]

Indiana Jones as president

[@taoybtm]

Gary Oldman Killed One Hostage

[@Sahilprakash1999]

1:29 Ivan Korshunov: I will count to 10 if you do not surrender this nice woman will die Grace Marshall: No Ivan Korshunov: 1 Grace Marshall: No don't Ivan Korshunov: 2 Melanie Mitchell: don't do this no Ivan Korshunov: 3 Grace Marshall: let me talk to him Ivan Korshunov: 4 Grace Marshall: I beg you please Ivan Korshunov: 5 Grace Marshall: let me talk to the agent Ivan Korshunov: 6 Grace Marshall: he might listen to me (Melanie Gasping) Ivan Korshunov: 7 Grace Marshall: please I beg you don't do this Ivan Korshunov: 8 Grace Marshall: don't do this Ivan Korshunov: 9 Melanie Mitchell: No (Gunshot and Screaming)

[@donnyannessa654]

“Don’t do this” is only said by Grace. Melanie just says “No”.

[@ketanfernandes4094]

This scene hit far far differently from Hans killing Ellis.

[@tonyb0904]

I've always hated this part, it even saddened me in theaters. So many questions have gone thru my head: why her, why in front of a young girl, and why her cause she was so nice to them? I didn't/don't get it and still don't, even now. On that note, and I know I'm taking a big chance with this question on here but I'm curious: his comment regarding the gulf war, did the US really start that war for the reasons he said, or did we step in for other reasons? I'd prefer a non biased answer please, I know it's just a movie but I've been curious about this for years and this scene reawakens said curiosity..

[@norbiesison9257]

When one is a terrorist, the easiest victim for them to choose is one who couldn't fight back. Hence, the poor woman was chosen among the hostages.

[@squeemlives]

Motives for war can't be boiled down to something as simple as 'the Americans did it for the oil'. But the fact is, oil is one of the fundamental pillars of modern civilisation and it is a finite resource. Is it worth killing tens of thousands of people to secure access to it for your nation? I say no, but people with the power to order the deaths of that many people don't often get to where they are by being humane, or kind, or empathic. I would much sooner believe that securing American interests - including oil - was the motive for the wars in the middle east than I'd believe it was to save or help non-Americans.

[@rtxranger7482]

Short answer? Yes. Saddam wanted to sell Oil in Euro. Bush and his Neo supporters wanted to make oil available to the market and well, gave Saddam the green signal to invade Kuwait. Then turned on him and told the world, Sadddam had WMD and blah blah blah. Fun Fact: Before the night of Operation Desert Storm In 1991, Saddam actually started to pull his forces away from Kuwait because the coalition threaned to attack if he didn't. But the moment he started to pull them away, the US ordered the attack. Average Americans are doped into believing everything the media tells them. The American people are just honest hard working people. Sadly, those 1% who are ruling it are evil.

[@sujitbala1492]

@@squeemlives You summed it up pretty well - very hard to find non biased answers on the internet nowadays. However something most Americans including me will agree is that the Invasion of Iraq 2003 was certainly unjustified in every way and the 9/11 and WMDs were a blatant excuse to get away with the oil.

[@specialk9424]

Settle in, this may be a long one. Admittedly, I was in 3rd grade when all that went down, and being 10, I didn't care that much, but I still remember watching it happen every night. The gist of it is, Saddam invaded Kuwait, because he wanted the oil fields, and a bigger control of the world oil market. He just invaded another country. Just like what Putin is doing now, in Ukraine, just walked in and said "This is mine, now. You don't like it, tough shit." The Kuwaiti government and the Saudi government asked us for help. We deployed to Saudi Arabia, to keep Saddam from invading them next, and gaining more control of the oil market. So, our reasons were not totally altruistic, nor economics based, but a combination of both. The world couldn't tolerate an asshole like Saddam Hussain controlling that much of the world oil market, because it could effectively make him a world ruler, since the world runs on oil. President Bush gave him a deadline to get the hell out of Kuwait, or we would go in and TAKE him out, and Saddam was like "Nah, bitch, you won't do shit. Kuwait's mine now, fuck off." The deadline came and went, and we came, we saw, we kicked his ass. The part Gary Oldman was talking about, the killing 100,000 Iraqis to save a nickel on a gallon of gas, the military goes to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties. Nobody wants to be seen as a butcher of women and children. I'm gonna try to boil down the Law of Armed Conflict, the short version is, schools, hospitals, places of worship, anything that doesn't contribute to the enemy's war effort, is off limits. You can bomb factories and such, because they build tanks or aircraft, or whatever, but you can't attack a hospital, because killing wounded patients, that's just fucked up. That's why medical facilities are marked with a Red Cross, and churches and mosques are marked with crosses or crescent moons. However, when you move military assets, like surface to air missile launchers, or ammo dumps, or anything military related to those places, they lose their protected status. It's illegal to move those assets there, precisely because it removes protected status from a school or hospital, or whatever. Well, that's what Saddam did, he moved military assets to protected areas, and was striking at coalition forces. Would you respect a soldier who used a child as a human shield? Of course you wouldn't. But that's what Saddam was doing, with his own people. He had his military hiding behind children. So, you take out the military target. And you try to live with yourself, knowing the collateral damage. To the point of the "nickel on a gallon of gas" quote, yes, the US led coalition took action against Iraq, to keep oil prices down. The 100,000 civilians died because their "leader" hid behind them like a gutless yellow turd, when his bullying didn't work. So, there's plenty of blame to go around, but the fact remains, if Saddam had not started none, there wouldn't have been none. Long winded, but I hope this helped.

[@aranerem3767]

Gary Oldman

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

Kevin Feige should have rewatched this before casting for Dr. Doom.

[@ericcap9713]

Korshunov in the Russian X Ukraine´s war will sinister and ominous.

[@markheywood8238]

This scene traumatised me as an 11 year old watching the movie.

[@Sahilprakash1999]

That's it what no dog fight between MiG 29 vs F-15

[@thedude4795]

in the end

[@hantukecewa9977]

Hostage Death?

[@thedude4795]

probably

[@jordanblossey2849]

I don't know how true this is, but I read there was more footage of this scene that showed Melanie getting shot, but it was too intense and ended up being cut. It definitely sounds plausible.

[@AbaythapaYT]

They won't show it because they didn't want her to get shot

[@viggianoj]

They did film it, but took it out of the final cut because the director stated "it was just too much".

[@AbaythapaYT]

😳

[@susanstamboulian646]

@@viggianoj Oh brother. It's a MOVIE, not based on a true story. People need to toughen up, or not watch movies with violence.

[@viggianoj]

@@susanstamboulian646 It was the 90's and the director's decision lol

[@markjones1184]

Well done movie imho.

[@richmondty7781]

Great video I like it

[@Funk_Reactions]

Who is here after Picard Season 3.

[@vespavespa8946]

This guy is worse than hans gruber

[@jerradguillory7909]

Good scence but def ripped from die hard with elas

[@jeradpaulson771]

To late 2:02

[@Sahilprakash1999]

The President will remain in the baggage deck if he expose games over

[@ElisHaryati-y8q]

Terjemah kan Indonesia dong

[@KellySedinger]

I didn't enjoy one minute of this movie after this scene. It killed the movie for me, stone cold dead.

[@viggianoj]

It was a hard scene to watch, but it was the mid point of the movie where it has to change to a more extreme threat. This scene was very necessary to make all of us feel just how serious things where getting and how high the stakes where.

[@KellySedinger]

@viggianoj Nah. By this point the stakes are clearly as high as it gets. The Oldman character has already point-blank killed a guy to make a point, the fuel issues on the plane are established, the danger of releasing a terrorist and negotiating with other terrorists are established, and so on. This scene was gratuitous and unnecessary. It's like if in DIE HARD, when Holly asks Hans if the pregnant lady can sit down, Hans responds by telling one of his goons to kill her.

[@viggianoj]

@@KellySedinger I disagree. This scene was hard to watch, but gave the film another level of sadness and seriousness beyond what your average summer popcorn Hollywood action movie could. When someone mentions the movie "Air Force One" this scene immediately comes to mind and defines the serious nature and tone of the film.

[@KellySedinger]

@@viggianoj Huh? The movie WAS an average summer popcorn Hollywood movie. You don't GET more average summer popcorn action flick than this. Harrison Ford as the action star? A bombastic Jerry Goldsmith score? "GET OFF MY PLANE!!!" followed by triumphal blasting of the Goldsmith theme? The rescue at the end? The movie was DIE HARD on a plane, and this scene did nothing to "elevate" it. It let the air out. Let's not pretend that this scene turned the movie into some sort of insighftul geopolitical thriller.

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

@@KellySedinger I dunno about insightful but it is a geopolitical thriller nonetheless. Even before the GWOT there were countless hostage situations, extremist movements, aircraft hijackings, etc. that dominated the public consciousness and inspired films like Air Force One. When you strip away Harrison Ford and the bombastic music, you’re pretty much left with a plot straight out of a Tom Clancy book.