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Damn you Craig Sheffer!


Craig Sheffer. Scurge of air disaster flicks. The terror from Pennsylvania. As wooden as two-ply. 'Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying'. 'Terbulence 3: Heavy Metal'. 'Cabin Pressure'. And now, 'Flying Virus'.

These horrible, horrible movies all star Craig Sheffer. As the good guy! As the person we're supposed to like, who we're supposed to root for; the guy who we're supposed to associate with and admire. But Sheffer is none of these things! In 'Turbulence 2' he's much too cocky. He's the hero that should have been shot. I was rooting for the terrorists to shoot him! He's so horrible! Sheffer takes control and saves the day. UNBELIEVABLE! Even more so than everything else! In 'Turbulence 3' we hardly saw him. I don't even REMEMBER him being in it. It's incredible! And 'Cabin Pressure'...'Cabin Pressure' is without a doubt the stupidest film I've ever seen. For one, it insults Australians (yes, you heard it here first - the villian is supposed to be an Aussie). "Oh no, the dingo's got my airplane!" It's absolutely terrible!

And now, we come to a film which is, in my opinion, the worst film I've ever seen. 'Flying Virus'. With a miniscule budget, horrible script and dodgy special effects (the plane is completely white for Christ's sake! They couldn't even put a stinking cheatline on the damn thing!) and acting talent that would make a piece of wood proud. It's poorly written. It's far too slow. And it's as dull as anything. It should be banned! It should be used in maximum security prisons to rehabilitate people! I haven't been able to watch this film again! It's unbearable!

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I am perplexed and this mans choice of roles. He was so freakin hot in the 80's...even the 90's he was looking pretty damn good. He is obviously getting older and at 51 I still would not kick him out of my bed. But why does he insist on being the B movie, made for TV movie king? It is obvious he hates the spotlight and seems to shy away from really big roles. His resume is full of bombs. He has had a great career overall with his hits. Seems like a complicated man who goes out of his way to still get a paycheck yet remain unnoticed.

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Craig Sheffer is a freakin genius actor!! For me and my friends he has made the bad movie hall of fame. Long live Craig Sheffer, long live his airplane movies.

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