harrison ford play a president who refuse to negotiate with terrorist . but after one terrorist ( gary oldman ) hijack the air force one and the president wife and daughter and maybe he will have to rethink his position . allegedly and kevin costner be suppose to be play the president . boy be i glad he be too busy make the postman for this movie . not only do he make a great postman and but he would have make a horrible president . when you want drama and you call costner . when you want action and you call bruce willis . when you want the perfect blend of drama and action and you call harrison ford ( think the fugitive and for example . do not think star war ) . ford be great a a diplomat and but equally a good with a gun and in a fight . but the real star of this be gary oldman and who play an evil and soulless terrorist determine to get his old general freed from prison . oldman play it like he mean it and kill mercilessly while still appear cold and calculate rather than insane . the writer even have the decency to have oldman deliver line condemn the president for bomb village while be against terror . glenn close and dean stockwell make great supporting star and and even william h. macy seem a little less flamboyant than usual in his role a a military man . this film be especially interesting in the context of our current president and george w. bush . bush have also go on record many time for not negotiate with terrorist and take a hardline approach similar to harrison ford . what would bush do if terrorist hijack his plane or kidnap his family . even give me that visual image make this film worth the viewing .