Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

FilmCriticLalitRao For a film director who made his début film in 1968, an important year in the recent history of France, Gérard Pirès has covered a lot of ground before embarking on the direction of a film which would bolster the image of France as a nation which is always at the forefront of technology. 'Les Chevaliers du Ciel' is the film in question which gave a major boost to both France as a nation of high tech inventions as well as a country which produces films which can easily compete with big brother Hollywood's films. Based on a work by famous comic book writer Albert Uderzo, 'Sky Fighters' has its own comic book moments when two tough air force pilots are shown bantering with other colleagues during a party. They also happen to share some cool chemistry with daredevil women pilots who don't mind learning some flight techniques from them. These are some moments of comic relief in an action film which strikes a fine balance between its dramatic scenes and fights in the skies. For this 11th feature film, director Gérard Pirès has made good use of France's reputation as world's important creator of fighter planes as the action starts during an air show and end during 14th July parade in Paris. A lot of valuable ground is covered between these two events which involves the intervention of French Air Force to protect its interests. As director Gérard Pirès has created a mature film about pilots and their incessant combats in the sky, it is quite likely that comparisons would be made with its American counterpart 'Top Gun'. However, audiences need to be reminded that both films are different as they deal with different stories filmed at different times and places.

Allen Cheng This is was a refreshing look of French military films where they have taken the focus off the French Foreign Legionairs and WW2. While film has a weak story-line and characters however I feel that the film is not focused on those aspect of a movie rather on the cinematography and the thrill of flying. The cinematography of this movie reveals Top Gun. The characters as fighter pilots combining their efforts with stunt pilots (from the air force) with cameras mounted on a hired chasing Lear Jet and of course inside the Mirage and Alpha jet, brings a breath taking and stunning views of the action. Unlike Top Gun where most of the shots where on the ground, Sky fighters give the audience a chance to "fly" with the film rather than a spectator and a sense of thrill of flying from the comfort of their couch. The film indirectly showcases the French military and aeronautical industry through whatever has been seen in this film. From I hear from rumors and ranting in the aviation world about French aircrafts especially the capabilities of the Mirage 2000 in focus they were rumored to be "crappy" like goods made in China. This film however aviators get the chance to see performance of the Mirage 2000 as being a graceful and agile delta wing fighter handed by the films skilled characters Captains Antoine Walk'in Marchelli (Benoît Magimel) and Sébastien Fahrenheit. Vallois (Clovis Cornillac). Bottom-line: This film I believe is not really meant for the general audience but aviators who would enjoy the cinematography which beats Top Gun over-roll but don't expect an excellent (and romantically cheesy) story like it.

ma-cortes The film deals about a pair braves pilots, a young studs, on the ground and in the air, the captain Antoine Walk Marchelli(Benoit Maginel) and captain Fahrenheit(Clovis Cornillac), both commanding a Mirage fighter jets. They're assigned to locate an aircraft flying behind a commercial plane. The rare aircraft shots and the Marchelli's jet spontaneously shot, saving his pal. Meanwhile the French High Command orders recruiting pilots team with his American counterparts, a women pilots, on a flight missions. However captain Antoine is accused and dismissed from the Air Force, being forced to work in commercial aviation. But they return to Air Force on a secret mission. They fly to Middle East in order to vanquish American F-14 Fighter, but they are been taken prisoners.This is a overwhelming comic-book with suspense, dogfighting with spectacular flight scenes and some commercial elements, like the catching music . Full of French jingoist ideals, dubious ethics and crack fighter pilots . The film moves like a supersonic bullet for most of its running time and the last generation Jets steal the show. Contrived beyond belief with spectacular dogfights that play like video games, but slickly calculated to please 2000s audiences. The movie follows the wake of ¨Top Gun, Iron Eagle I and sequels¨. Agreeable casting, though unknown, exception to Benoit Maginel with various success(Crimson Rivers 2, Flower of evil, Nest and Piano player) and Phippe Torreton(Captain Conan, Cursed monarchy, All starts today) as Bertrand. The motion picture is professionally directed by Gerad Pires, a director and writer with wide and long career since the 70s(Agression), until today(Riders, Taxi). Rating : Acceptable and passable, no boring , but is quite entertaining.

roal So far, i was thinking that the epitome of stupidity on movies about flying was the kind of movies trying to be''Top Gun'', but this one surpass everything i have seen so far about this. The flight sequences (even if it was real flight) goes nowhere, are done in short takes, without any respect for what they call the storyline. This storyline is so simplistic that it is of no value to listen to it, and can easily be ''listened'' with the sound of. The ''actors'' are acting as if they are not able to remember their lines even if the story is so simple that you know from the beginning where it will lead. Poor scenario, with superfluous scenes absolutely not necessary to the movie but permitting to pass time so it could go for a movie of 1.5 hour, which would not have been if these scenes where cut. Overall, a plain disaster. I highly recommend that you don't see it