Product Details

• Actors: Dale Midkiff, William Shatner, Judd Nelson, Jennifer Rubin, Cliff Robertson
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Ventura Distribution
• VHS Release Date: February 12, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000062XIY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #595,648 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good direct-to-video action movie!, July 15, 2002

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Alex (Dublin, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Falcon Down [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This direct-to-video release is an entertaining movie, although it suffers from a low budget and less-than-stellar acting. The movie's plot is centered on Hank Thomas (played by Dale Midkiff), an Air Force pilot who loses his best friend and wingman in a tragic accident during a routine mission. After being blamed for this accident by his superiors and spending three years out of the Air Force, Hank is recruited by a group of specialists to hijack a government top secret weapon that was responsible for many tragic losses. However, Hank soon learns that these people have another agenda, and it's up to him to stop their plans. Although the story is somewhat routine, the movie also features an "X-Files" twist: home video footage of these government planes and weapons are taken by paranoid people who believe the government is experimenting with aliens and alien spacecraft. The visual effects are pretty good despite budget restrictions, and the swift cutting back and forth between the main story and this "home video footage" is clever. The movie features many familiar faces, including Judd Nelson, Cliff Robertson, and even William Shatner (who chews up the scenery). This is a movie worth checking out because it is somewhat different from standard by-the-numbers action films.

1.0 out of 5 stars Veteran Actors Misused, September 26, 2009

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ROBIN MCCALL "LTC (Ret.) Robin McCall" (Chula Vista, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Falcon Down (DVD)

It would be difficult to improve on Van T. Roberts' negative review of this movie. He covered it all. I agree with him that the plot is mediocre at best, and that the veteran actors in it should have be warned to avoid the movie. Their agents did not represent them well. I saw the last half of this on a premium movie channel, and I am surprised that they played it. I kept waiting for it to improve, but all I saw was one unrealistic scene after another. Avoid watching this movie.

5.0 out of 5 stars Falcon Down, September 23, 2009

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Lorettta Benner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Falcon Down (DVD)

I have watched this DVD several times as well as the TV movie of the same. It is certainly filled with suspense in every scene. Again the undesirable language popped up several times. I wish the directors would delete the gutter type language as it directly reflects on somebody's lack of education. The acting was very realistic. It is a shame to put some of those words in the mouth of a wonderful actor like Dale Midkiff.