The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story
I caught this on five's double-bills that usually takes place overnight on Friday night-Saturday mornings.
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story is a TV movie about the first two days of the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 (of which there is more on the real-life case here) in 1985.
The story focuses on Uli Derickson (Lindsay Wagner), a flight attendant who was on the plane, which was bound for London. Two armed hijackers take over control of the plane. They assert their control by carrying out brutal beatings on both some of the crew and passengers with American passports. Keeping her cool, Uli manages to gain the trust of leader Castro (Eli Danker) and saves innocent people's lives and getting some others released by negotiating with them.
This was quite an interesting drama. The acting was somewhat better than I had expected. I went in to The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story with decidedly low expectations (the awful music doesn't help) but it was overall a very decent bit of entertainment. I did feel the ending was just a bit of a letdown as I wanted to know what happened to Castro in particular - helped by Danker's excellent portrayal of a brutal but occasionally quite caring man. Better than I expected.
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story is a TV movie about the first two days of the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 (of which there is more on the real-life case here) in 1985.
The story focuses on Uli Derickson (Lindsay Wagner), a flight attendant who was on the plane, which was bound for London. Two armed hijackers take over control of the plane. They assert their control by carrying out brutal beatings on both some of the crew and passengers with American passports. Keeping her cool, Uli manages to gain the trust of leader Castro (Eli Danker) and saves innocent people's lives and getting some others released by negotiating with them.
This was quite an interesting drama. The acting was somewhat better than I had expected. I went in to The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story with decidedly low expectations (the awful music doesn't help) but it was overall a very decent bit of entertainment. I did feel the ending was just a bit of a letdown as I wanted to know what happened to Castro in particular - helped by Danker's excellent portrayal of a brutal but occasionally quite caring man. Better than I expected.
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