Ground Control
1998 · Movie · PG-13 · 98 min · ★ 5.6 · 45% critics
After leaving a high-pressure airport job following a tragic incident, a former air-traffic controller is drawn back years later when a major storm threatens to overwhelm a busy airport. As systems strain and nerves fray, the team must keep flights safe while confronting the stress and responsibility that come with the job.
Also known as Jet
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Details
- Years
- 1998
- Release date
- 1998-08-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 45/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (75 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like contained, workplace-style disaster dramas with lots of control-room tension and rapid-fire talk; Not for you if you need realism, big action set pieces, or polished production values like Dante's Peak.
Pros: high-stakes airport setting; fast-paced dialogue; occasional edge-of-seat moments | Cons: clichéd story beats; uneven acting; unrealistic ATC details
Themes
- new year's eve
- airplane
- storm
- air traffic control
Cast & crew
Kiefer Sutherland
as Jack Harris
Kristy Swanson
as Julie Albrecht
Robert Sean Leonard
as Cruise
Kelly McGillis
as Susan Stratton
Margaret Cho
as Amanda
Bruce McGill
as T.C. Bryant
Ruben Paul
as Sam
Charles Fleischer
as Randy
Henry Winkler
as John Quinn
Farrah Forke
as Laura Franklin
Directed by Richard Howard