Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman star in this suspenseful action hit, directed by Wolfgang Petersen. In an unthinkable act, zealots have hijacked the airborne fortress carrying the President of the United States. Now, while President James Marshall evades capture in the belly of the plane, the terrorists begin executing passengers. If the terrorists' demands are granted and a tyrant is set free, hundreds of thousands of innocent people will die. But if they are denied, the zealots will kill everyone on Air Force One, including the President's wife and daughter - and inevitably the President himself. Five miles above the earth, President Marshall must find a way to outwit his would-be captors while the safety of his family and the fate of the world hang in the balance.