we've already been inspected.
of course. i'm sorry.
ms. mitchell. so nice to finally meet you in person.
this is a remarkable aircraft.
a dubious distinction, no?
and all these rooms here?
thank you.
potus? what is potus?
ah, no. we won nothing. we are itar-tass news service.
the rest of the secret service?
how many others killed?
any of us?
fear will keep you alive. any one who is not afraid is bound to do something foolish, and bound to die.
cooperation. if you try to escape, you will be met with automatic gunfire and a barricade of your comrade's bodies will prevent you from exiting. good day.
proceed.
the chief of staff, the first lady, and the first daughter. our demands are simple. arrange the release of ivan stravanvitch. once our leader is returned to turkuenistan soil, air force one and it's occupants will be allowed safe passage to switzerland. you have one hour before we start killing hostages.
go after him.
serge?
who did this?
a secret service agent. it must be.
the conference room is no longer secure. we'll take the first lady and the girl up top where we can keep a closer eye on them.
admirable, but you're wasting your time. mrs. marshall, would you and your daughter please come here.
now, or he dies, please.
mrs. marshall. alice. if you please.
you must be tired. it'll wake you up.
or you will do what, mrs. marshall? but i admire your courage. your husband, on the other hand.
i know he left you behind.
your husband is a coward. he sends soldiers half-way around the world to steal a man from his home in the middle of the night.
so, you study world events, little one. that's good for a girl your age.
smart for your age, eh? top of your class? tell me, do you know what the word "propaganda" means?
yes, i have heard that word.
yes, i am an asshole.
your father is a reasonable man.
remarkable aircraft. remarkable.
psychology. they're trying to unnerve us.
relax, my friend. apparently they cannot harm us. even if they wanted to. rnt. front galley.
no. he has the advantage down there.
ms. mitchell. hello again.
* please tell me your name.
and what is it you do, ms. mitchell.
and why are you scared?
and what am i doing at this very moment.
very good. thank you, ms. mitchell.
now, to the secret service agent in the baggage deck. i'm giving you ten seconds to surrender, or this women will die.
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i neither enjoy nor dislike. i do what is necessary.
but they are not ny people. you look at me as if i am a monster, but answer me this -- when your planes bombed the oil fields of iraq, did you cry for those dark skinned men whose names you do not know and who's faces you will never see? did you cry for their wives and children. they were people too, yes.  but they were not your people.
so is this. come now, you're upsetting the little one.
that's the way of the world, little one. didn't they teach you that in school?
how?
go! take serge.  and watch your backs.
we're not going to make it.
where are we now?
no! if we land this plane anywhere else, we will end up another entebe. the americans built a super plane that flies through mushroom cloud, evades missiles and.  refuels in mid-air. call the white house.
gentlemen, forgive me for diverting you from your little wargames, but i've just added another demand to my very short list. i assure you it's quite reasonable.
no. the plane lands when i say, or it will crash. the hostages are released when i say, or they will die.
tell me what i want to hear or i will execute a member of the senior staff, and will continue killing one hostage every minute until we crash or until a refueling plane arrives.
shall i begin by executing the president's daughter? she's right here.
say something dear.
it would be a pity to squander such a strong personality.
well? what do you say?
we trained for months. everything should've gone like clockwork.
he's already killed three of us, and we haven't even seen him. he's also shown that he can hurt us. i need to think. what the hell are you doing up here?
and you are almost out of time.
you will be the first to pay for that mistake.
what's that?
fuel?
you are a resilient man, mr.
you don't think the leaders of the kgb would allow peristroika to ruin years of infiltration? no, when the soviet union collapsed, we took our sleepers with us.
now since we've had very little luck getting washington or moscow to cooperate, i wondered if you would be so kind.
no. but since i only have a few of your staff left to kill, perhaps i will start with your family instead.  gibbs.
the world is such a dangerous place and we can't always protect our children.
call up petrov and order stravanavitch' s release.
pity. mr. gibbs.
perhaps a president does not negotiate, but does a father? an interesting choice. your daughter versus your world vision. the implicit trust of a family against your oath of office.
and once the trigger is pulled, she is gone forever. then, i wonder, how do you live, knowing you could've saved her?
and could you ever forget the look on her face as she ceases to exist.  late at night, when you think about her, will stravanavitch really matter anymore?
look inside your heart. no one will think you weak. five.
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you'll do it?
good. good.
bring him the phone.
you don't like seeing people get hurt. now in morality, that is a virtue. in politics, however, that is weakness. you were a hostage to everyone else * long before you were a hostage to
you're very valuable. and our nation needs so many things.
the taste of defeat is bitter, no?
e very poetic.
and that is?
don't be hasty.
you love your daughter, mr.
stay where you are.
there goes your ride.
if you put down the gun, i promise not to drop her on the way down.
no you won't. you'll compromise.  like always.