THE CONCORDE is the surprisingly enjoyable climax of the AIRPORT series that began a decade before with a legitimate Burt Lancester movie. This one has French import Alain Delon piloting a concorde which finds itself under siege from Robert Wagner's ruthless business tycoon who will seemingly stop at nothing to take the life of one of the passengers who has crucial evidence of his corruption. The good news is that George Kennedy, who has had various supporting roles in the previous three films, plays the co-lead here and shines, proving very funny throughout; that comes as no surprise for any fan of the NAKED GUN trilogy. THE CONCORDE is a much-slated movie, but nonetheless I rate it the second-best of the series, after the third; the reason for that it because it's so entertaining. The film is cheesy beyond belief and often funny with all of the surprising one-liners and the like. It feels more like a thriller than a disaster movie, with one twist after another, and the action and FX scenes aren't too shabby either. It's not a great film and doesn't claim to be, but it sets out to entertain and it certainly achieves that goal.
Review of The Concorde... Airport '79
