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Turbulence

1997 · 100 min · Director: Robert Butler ★ IMDb 5.1 · 13,665 ratings

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Ryan Weaver romances beautiful women before he kills them. Ryan is arrested, convicted, and is part of a Christmas Eve transfer of prisoners on a transcontinental 747 commercial flight. Other airlines at JFK may have holiday passengers waiting on stand-by, but this jumbo jet takes off with a lot of empty seats. Ryan and another prisoner overpower and kill their guards. The few civilian passengers are herded into a "pantry" on the plane and are not seen again until the end of the movie. Ryan eliminates the other prisoners and all the crew members except Teri Halloran. The remainder of the movie follows a "cat-and-mouse" game between Ryan and Teri on the 747.

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Turbulence (1997) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 40%, Fear 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Fear, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Action. AI estimate.

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  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then rises around 23 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension33 %31 %17 %16 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension33 %31 %18 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension30 %28 %16 %13 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension30 %29 %14 %12 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension47 %46 %32 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension72 %71 %58 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Tension73 %71 %59 %37 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Tension63 %61 %45 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension70 %67 %52 %42 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Disturbing83 %80 %70 %69 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Tension85 %81 %74 %75 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Tension80 %76 %68 %70 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Tension81 %78 %69 %72 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension88 %86 %79 %74 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension87 %85 %74 %55 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Hope84 %81 %65 %28 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension90 %88 %75 %27 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension95 %87 %75 %32 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Relief89 %59 %45 %19 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Relief81 %28 %17 %6 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Héctor Elizondo

Lt. Aldo Hines

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Taper

Ben Cross

Captain Samuel Bowen

CH
Catherine Hicks

Maggie

John Finn

FBI Agent Frank Sinclair

HK
Heidi Kling

Betty

JK
J. Kenneth Campbell

Captain Matt Powell

James MacDonald

1st Officer Ted Kary

Grand L. Bush

Marshal Al Arquette

MH
Michael Harney

Marshal Marty Douglas

DD
Don Dowe

Air Traffic Controller

GO
Gordy Owens

Carl

RH
Richard Hoyt-Miller

Marshall Riordan

MF
Michael Francis Kelly

Marsahll Green

AB
Alan Bergmann

Mr. Kramer

DH
Danna Hansen

Mrs. Kramer

Details

Directed by
Robert Butler
Written by
Jonathan Brett
Type
Movies
Released
1997
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.1 · 13,665 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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