Product Details

• Actors: Benoît Magimel, Clovis Cornillac, Géraldine Pailhas, Philippe Torreton, Rey Reyes (II)
• Directors: Gérard Pirès
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NC-17
• Studio: Kino Video
• DVD Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GW8UBS
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,727 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Sky Fighters" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

When terrorists skyjack a miaage 2000 fighter plane jet aces walkn marcheilli & fahrenheit vallois kick in their afterburners to intercept. But shooting down an al qaeda kamikaze is only the beginning. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 07/31/2007 Run time: 97 minutes

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Aerial Photography and a Weak, Not So Suspenceful Story , January 13, 2007

By	Tsuyoshi (Kyoto, Japan) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

If you are interested in modern military airplanes, or want to enjoy the beautifully shot aerial photography, "Les Chevaliers du ciel" ("Sky Fighters") is a film for you. This French action film has plenty of flight scenes that are just exciting. Moreover, unlike some Hollywood films like `Stealth,' these scenes are not CGI.

Still I have to give only two stars to this because of its messy script that fails to make good use of the thrilling scenes. Don't get me wrong here because usually I would ignore any plot holes or corny dialogues as long as these demerits do not prevent us from enjoying the actions. Sadly, in "Sky Fighters" they certainly do and the weak plot and impossible situations seem to drag down the otherwise fantastic materials.

The story looks simple at first. One Mirage 2000 is stolen and two French air force fighter pilots try to stop it. The stolen Mirage keeps showing an intimidating move, however, doggedly following one of them, so Captain Marchelli (Benoît Magimel) shoots it down, disobeying the order from the ground. It turns out later that his decision might be wrong.

So far so good, but after that point the film begins to introduce too many things one after another, leaving the puzzled viewers far behind. Before any hints as to the stolen Mirage is given, director Gérard Pirès (responsible the original `Taxi") throws in anything that could be used as excuse for showing the flying sequences - air exercises, The Cannonball Run-like race and national security problem. Except for the shots of the air force fighters (including that of the camera inside the cockpit or the aerial cinematography over the city of Paris), there is nothing suspenseful or thrilling about the film and its conclusion is really anti-climax, nothing that would satisfy anybody.

Some people complain (with good reasons, I guess) that `Sky Fighters' resembles `Top Gun.' That is half true, half wrong. True because it features two daredevil pilots and their friendship (and love interest too). Wrong because it has a much more contrived and incredible plot that goes on and on without giving us any clue as to what we should follow in its muddled storyline. And no Meg Ryan and Kelly McGillis.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent movie! , November 17, 2006

By	Dustin Holmes "www.dustinholmes.com" (Lebanon, MO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The film centers around the Mirage 2000 and the French Air Force. I only gave this movie 4 out of 5 stars for two reasons. The first is the audio wasn't great. The timing between the lips and the sound is a little off. The second is because the story is only B movie quality. What really sets this movie apart from others is they used real shots of the jets and didn't use CGI. They weren't cheap about putting the planes in the movie either, you will see lots and lots of the Mirage 2000 in action as well as a few other planes. If you have a love of aviation you will really enjoy watching this movie, if nothing else just for the film work they did with the Mirage 2000. You will see the Mirage 2000 flying over spectacular scenary and doing amazing manuevers!
The creators of the film used a specially designed camera built inside a fuel pod of another Mirage 2000 to capture the aerial shots for the movie. Only another Mirage 2000 could keep up with the planes being filmed.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sky Fighters, January 29, 2007

By	E. A. Hollingsworth "Movie Curmudgeon" (Brentwood, CA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Think Top Gun with a Gallic twist. Impressive air to air action and photography, real - instead of CGI flying scenes, and best of all, no blatant violations of the laws of physics. Although the dialog is dbuued into English, the dubbing is done extremely well, and does not detract from the overall viewing experience.
I highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoyed Top Gun for its flying scenes.