Plantiana
Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
BlazeLime
Strong and Moving!
Rexanne
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Josephina
Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.
thejcowboy22
All the hoopla and pomp and circumstances for this maiden flight. BIG DEAL! Just get me to Europe on time Mr. Brady.Actor Robert Reed is the Pilot of the plane. Of course the plane is sabotaged and Our Dear Doctor brings a rare strain of virus aboard which makes for a frustrating finish to a frustrated viewer. The cavalcade of 70's personalities the likes of Bert Convy and Chrystie Jenner who was married to Bruce Jenner and we all know how that turned out! Other actors of interest Peter Graves, Lorne Green who looks more natural in a cowboy suit. Barbara Anderson, George Maharis and Burgess Meredith plus Brock Peters, Doug McClure and Susan Strasberg who probably received an ear full from her Dad for excepting work to complete this disaster film in more ways than one.This movie was doomed from the beginning with the Regis Philbin seal of approval! I was waiting for Capt Stubing Of the Love Boat to come aboard.
gypseykitten-43-511218
I watch a lot of disaster movies, and while I wouldn't place this with the Towering Inferno or The Poseidon Adventure, I enjoyed this a lot. I was surprised it was a TV movie because the acting was so good. They spent enough time for character development. There were several subplots, but that is true for many many disaster movies. I got this movie as part of a collection and some of the movies were really bad. This one was worth at least twice what I paid for the set. I will be watching this movie at least 3 times a year and definitely will recommend it to anyone who likes this kind of film. This movie was well worth my time. I was shocked that the only other review was really bad.
rjs_bird
I am a fan of Bert Convy. Unfortunately, though, I have to say this, BUT, this film was a complete failure as were some of Bert's other films (BUT SOME WERE VERY GOOD). It was basically a good actor in Bert Convy, who, tragically didn't get some good parts. He plays a guy talking about his bimbo-girlfriend which didn't make sense. Many other well-known people are in this too including Regis Philbin, who plays an ANNOYING television reporter, Billy Crystal as a FEY STEWARD.., Peter Graves, and Lorne Greene. This was like a "rip-off" version of the later-to-become "AIRPLANE" in 1980 which was a success then. Some things in this movie really didn't make sense. Some good actors just didn't get a good movie.
Eric-62-2
The success of "Airport", "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno" proved there was a big appetite for disaster movies so naturally television felt they had to get into the act by offering their own lower budget knockoffs of the Irwin Allen disaster movie formula. "SST: Disaster In The Sky" is the ultimate example of this, since not only do we see a gaggle of 70s TV stars (all of whom it should be noted had one thing in common at the time. Their once popular series had all been cancelled by then!) like Robert Reed, Martin Milner, Peter Graves etc. we even see two future 80s TV stars Billy Crystal and John DeLancie in smaller roles (I hope David Letterman some day springs a clip of this on Crystal the next time he appears on the show). That alone is enough to make you keep watching despite the bad dialogue (characters have to engage in a lot of implausible exposition at various points in order for certain things to make sense), cheap FX and silly plot resolutions at the climax. Heck, "SST" is even better than some of the worst theatrical disaster movies coming out by then like the dreadful "Concorde: Airport 1979" so if you loved the quality disaster movies of the time like "Airport" and "Towering Inferno" settle back and enjoy this intriguing TV knockoff of the genre.
