Airport meets James Bond, and the result is inferior hokum. As the Concorde takes off, the second thread of the plot is already in motion. Power-mad Robert Wagner, who runs a missile plant, has been caught selling arms to the bad guys of the world, and his reporter-mistress Susan Blakely is the girl with the evidence. And what is she travelling on? That's right! 'It's still amazing to me, only three and a half hours ago we were in Paris', muses Capt Alain Delon just before Wagner launches an attack missile against the plane. The plot then develops into Tom and Jerry stuff, and one can visualise Wagner jumping up and down with rage as each new attempt fails. 'I'd love to see what my horoscope said for the morning', yells co-pilot George Kennedy (running away with the film) as he banks to avoid two of Wagner's fighter planes. The dialogue is frequently hilarious, the photography magnificent and the pace unflagging in an extremely silly movie.

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