Directed by:
Jean-François RichetCinematography:
Brendan GalvinCast:
Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Daniella Pineda, Yoson An, Tony Goldwyn, Lilly Krug, Paul Ben-Victor, Remi Adeleke, Joey Slotnick, Kelly Gale, Tara Westwood (more)VOD (3)
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In the white-knuckle action movie Plane, pilot Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island - only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. In order to rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare’s help, and will learn there’s more to Gaspare than meets the eye. (Lionsgate US)
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Not a silly drama at all compared to the flush rubbish Butler usually works on. You can see that it was made by a skilled Frenchman, so the clichés that are typical of action movies made by Hollywood don't offend you and it also has that nice old-world vibe of movies from a few decades back. There's not really that much action, and when there is, it's nice and raw (sniper!) and with good sound. It is really good.
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In the context of formulaic and naïve action movies starring Gerard Butler, Plane is pleasantly refreshing thanks to the exotic Asian setting and the bad guys who are reminiscent of the villains in Rambo movies. The captain’s responsibility for his passengers and his experience in the military, which is apparent in his way with a machine gun, are also nice. A buddy motif, long-distance phone calls with his daughter and so on. However, the effects with the plane’s crash landing are mediocre.
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I was expecting another below-average film, but I must admit that French director Jean-François Richet gave it the right edge (his two Mesrine films are truly exceptional). Gerard Butler played his part well; I had no trouble believing him as the determined pilot. The film also impressed me with its exotic setting in the Indonesian jungle (not something you often see in feature films). Additionally, the uncompromising action, which doesn’t hold back on anything or anyone, stands out. There’s a fantastic fight in a crumbling building and a few truly spectacular shootouts (that Barrett at the end? Fantastic :D). The film wraps up with a well-executed conclusion to the story. I’m satisfied. However, the depiction of the emergency landing could have used more effort, as the CGI was quite shaky. For me, it’s a 7/10.
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An amazing B-movie action ride with and an excellent Butler! The skilful French director Jean-François Richet hasn't made a bad film for me yet, I even have his Mesrine: Killer Instinct among my favourites, and Plane is such a guilty pleasure that it meets most of my requirements. It benefits from an appealing premise that is perfect for a proper action film. It's part disaster plane survival and part fight for your life in hostile territory with the Philippine Guerillas, and I really enjoy that. Gerard Butler plays exactly the leading charismatic likeable guy he is wont to do here (he even drops a decent wisecrack here and there), and Mike Colter, who plays the prisoner-killer aboard the plane, is excellent. Butler, of course, has no choice but to work with the prisoner to get rid of the greater evil. A very unconventional team-up that works great all round. Colter is also a member of the French Legion, so he is in his element, and his experience gives him the edge over everyone. The action is excellent, there's only one fight, but it's very intense, but the shootouts are properly bloody and nicely shot, (there was even some awesome jungle “Splinter Cell” stealth action!) and sniper action has never been more impressive than here. The airplane scenes were also nice, with no shortage of dense atmosphere and more than solid build-up in places. There's absolutely no sparing of tension throughout the film and the bad guys are excellent, especially the two central scumbags, you can respect the hell out of them. I must also praise the scenes where they search for the missing plane. Tony Goldwyn gives a great performance, there's some solid dialogue and I enjoyed a lot of the behind the scenes stuff. For me, this is definitely a film I'll happily watch again due to its briskness, fun, action and the insane adrenaline rush it pours. My quibbles are mostly directed to the occasionally dodgy stunts and it's a shame there wasn't some deeper investigative line about the prisoner at the end. But regardless, great fun and satisfaction. 85%.
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An old-fashioned action flick that relies on an interesting, albeit B-movie script and a skilled director. Jean-François Richet knows his craft, and Gerard Butler and Mike Colter have no trouble watching his back. The jungle running and contact bloody fights are crowned by a final shootout with a wonderful sniping with Filipinos flying a good three metres over the top of a car. Awesome!
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