Very interesting story idea… Just make sure you follow what others have to say and it will make for an awesome story. The only thing I wouldn’t personally like is to turn this into a kind of drama, but that’s just my personal taste… Anyway, good luck with this! I’d surely hope to see this on screen one day!:)

Interesting concept. A few comments, though: If you say the leader is ruthless, the audience would not be on his side, they would actually want the plot to succeed. Maybe if the leader wasn’t ruthless, just ” tough ” would do… In which case, why would anyone want to overthrow him? Perhaps the plot is led by an outside force… And maybe the leader should change during the story/script (character arc) from being tough, ruthless, to being a better man and a better ruler(not necessarily nicer, just better)…

The ideas contained within this logline are truly mindblowing! It appears very easy, as concept, when in fact, it is the exact opposite. It would make for a really fine, breath-taking action movie… Just be aware that an ” Air Force One ” movie has been made quite some time ago as well as some other plane hijacking-themed movies, so just try to be original in your approach…