Air Force One (1997)

When fanatical Russian nationalists seize control of the U.S. presidential airplane in mid-flight and threaten to kill everyone on board unless their group’s leader is released from jail, Vietnam vet/chief executive James Marshall (Harrison Ford) escapes from his captors and proceeds to veto their scheme. Director Wolfgang Petersen’s hit actioner also stars Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, William H. Macy. 125 min. C/Rtg: R

In The Line Of Fire (1993)

Knockout suspenser with Clint Eastwood as Frank Horrigan, a veteran Secret Service agent entwined in a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a brilliant psychotic, Mitch Leary (John Malkovich), plotting to kill the president. While racing to stop the would-be assassin, Horrigan must overcome the demons haunting him from his days as JFK’s bodyguard in Dallas. Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott co-star; Wolfgang Petersen directs. 127 min. C/Rtg: R