I love Bai Ling - but neither her nor anyone else could save this movie. She also has a small part in this and while I love her is as unconvincing as most of the rest of the cast. Having said that, almost everyone struggles with the dialog. And while I think we can safely say it isn't Oscar material they have to recite, some make it even worse with their ... acting abilities.

At times I was thinking about cutting off my ears ... I'm kidding, I'd never do that. Also one can mute a movie ... I probably should have done that ... come to think of it ... Anyway, stir clear and away from this would be my advice.

A jetliner is hijacked and does a Crazy Ivan on another commercial plane. The plane is on a mission to crash into Calvert Cliffs nuclear facility unless the US withdraws all of its troops everywhere in the world starting with the Ukraine. Also the Russians installed a virus in all of our military jets and computerized equipment so the military is at a loss what to do. A commercial plane traveling east from NY is the only plane that can take down the southbound plane traveling south from NY.

A lot didn't make sense. With heavy commercial air traffic, the plane going in the wrong direction doesn't make sense. Also this plane must play catch-up. I have worked at Calvert Cliffs. It has a containment of re-enforced concrete. The reactor is shutting down and is in a steel vessel with more concrete. It could hit the Spent Fuel Pool if they are lucky. That could vaporize the cooling water, overheat the spent fuel and cause it to breach. There could be a steam explosion that could release radioactivity, but with west to east prevailing winds, it would effect some farmland and blow out to sea. Washington would be spared. Just saying.

The characters and plot were hokey at best. Could have been a great film if they took their time writing it.

Guide: No F-words, sex, or nudity.

Well, when I sat down to watch the 2020 movie "Airliner Sky Battle" and saw that the intro shot had The Asylum's name on it, I thought that this was going to be yet another of their many dubious movies. But still, I opted to watch "Airliner Sky Battle", as it had Bai Ling on the cast list.

And color me impressed, as "Airliner Sky Battle" was not your archetypical movie from The Asylum. Nay, this 2020 movie was actually entertaining and a fun watch.

Sure, the storyline is pretty far out there, but there was just something about the storyline that made it all work. This is, for a lack of better term, the type of entertainment where you just lean back, switch off your brain and enjoy the movie.

Visually then "Airliner Sky Battle" wasn't actually all that bad. The Asylum has far worse and questionable movie effects to their name. Indeed, it wasn't state of the art CGI effects to bedazzle the audience and blow you away. But the special effects worked as intended and came off as being realistic enough.

The acting in the movie was adequate. There are good enough acting performances, although the movie is hardly one that is rocking a cast ensemble of super famous actors or actresses.

All in all, then "Airliner Sky Battle" actually proved more entertaining and watchable than I had initially anticipated it would. Just goes to prove that not everything that is churned out at the old The Asylum factory is sheer rubbish.

My rating of "Airliner Sky Battle" lands - pardon the pun - on a six out of ten stars.