Big Game (2014)

Release date: 2015-05-08
Country: UK|Finland|Germany|USA|France
Language: English|Finnish
Director: Jalmari Helander
Production Co: Subzero Film Entertainment, Altitude Film Entertainment, Egoli Tossell Film
Genre: Action, Adventure
Rating: 5.4/10
Length: 1h 30min

Storyline

When Air Force One is shot down by terrorists leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness, there is only one person around who can save him - a 13-year old boy called Oskari. In the forest on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk, Oskari had been planning to track down a deer, but instead discovers the most powerful man on the planet in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their own "Big Game" prize, the unlikely duo must team up to escape their hunters. As anxious Pentagon officials observe the action via satellite feed, it is up to the President and his new side-kick to prove themselves and survive the most extraordinary 24 hours of their lives.

Plot Keywords

president, airforce one, bow and arrow, airplane crash, wilderness, escape pod, underwater scene, fighter jet, jumping from an airplane, falling from height, parachute, free fall, explosion, exploding airplane, camera, vice president, corpse, tracking device, slow motion scene, kidnapping

Short Review

The story penned by Helander with Petri Jokiranta goes heavy on the hokum, not to mention the CGI fireworks, but a dialled-down Jackson and a fired-up Tommila make for an entertaining pair.