AURORA: OPERATION INTERCEPT 1995 A film review by Timothy Voon Copyright 1997 Timothy Voon
Directed by Paul Levine Cast Bruce Payne (I), Natasha Andreichenko, Lance Henriksen, John Stockwell, Michael Champion, Dennis Christopher, Corbin Bernsen Written by Paul Levine
This movie should have been wrapped up in fifteen minutes, thus saving viewers form witnessing a shameful mockery of their intelligence.
Captain Pruett (Payne) is a pilot of one of the U.S. top secret air craft code named ‘Aurora'. He is ordered to destroy a terrorist base in the middle-east, which contains a device which is able to scramble the flight controls of any domestic or military plane. The terrorists are threatening to down a domestic plane every four hours, unless their demands are met. He disobeys his orders because another U.S. pilot is currently held hostage in the base.
I could not understand how the military could have allowed a man as indecisive and subversive as Pruett, to fly one of their most deadly planes. I can understand his dilemma of saving the life of one man, whilst risking the lives of thousands; but from what I understand of the military, obeying orders comes before one's personal feelings.
His disobedience results in his capture; the deaths of two pilots, including the man whom he risked his mission for; the endangered lives of those on domestic flights, and the use of his captured plane by the terrorists to blow up the White House.
Woe to this man, if only he had obeyed his orders. Although he rectifies his error, his careless disobedience goes unpunished.
The writer and director Levine, really needs to rethink where this plot is coming from. The audience will not simply accept this movie on the basis of some impressive plane dog fights.
Comment: Painfully stupid and unsatisfying.
Timothy Voon e-mail: stirling@netlink.com.au
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