Memorable, crazy movie

Fantastic!

A Disappointing Continuation

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Jodie Foster and her 6 year old daughter boards a Boeing 747 with a coffin where lays the dead body of Foster's husband who was killed in an unfortunate accident. After a brief nap, she finds her daughter is missing. She searches every aisle, seat, and lavatories of the big jet; and even informs the flight crew just to find that her daughter's name is not in the passenger list. Is her distress on losing her husband creating hallucination that she had boarded the plane with her daughter or is there any kidnapper in the flight deck who has hidden her daughter with the possible attachment of the flight crew.The suspense is fascinating for a while but soon the film drops to a familiar glitz and nothing remains exciting. The thing worth mentioning in the film is the search for the daughter outside the cabin of the aircraft cruising above 30,000 feet. Those fascinated by aviation, like me, will definitely appreciate to the aerodynamics captured in the camera. Jodie Foster, though appears a bit weary, still looks good. The captain of the aircraft also acts well, whereas others appear not more than the routine characters from a B grade thriller. The biggest problem of the film is its story and the regular villain character that don't bind the plot very well, which makes it a passable movie that you won't remember for very long. Perhaps a better plot, well carved characters, and a meatier role for the daughter could have made the film more interesting.Rating: 1 star out of 4

If there isn't, there should be...a Sub-Genre Called "Claustrophobic Cinema" (or something) because in these Types, Confined to a Limited Environment, like say a Plane or a Room or a Ca. The Limitations are Obvious and the Setting becomes Central to the Plot. It is Instant Suspense.Panic Room (2002) and the Recent Non-Stop (2014) to Name a Couple, but there are many of these Types. Acting is Paramount because much of the Running Time is Focused on the Faces and the Behavior of the Characters Up Close and Personal.In this one, Jodie Foster is Front and Center most of the Time and Required to be a Borderline Paranoiac, Possibly Suffering from Severe PTSD Following the Recent Tragic Death of Her Husband, and now Missing Her 6 Year Old Daughter. The Actress is in Full Emoting Mode and has the Talent to Pull it Off.Peter Sarsgaard and Sean Bean are On Board with both Delivering enough Gravitas to help things Stay somewhat Believable, Especially Sarsgaard who is a Greasy, Pale Faced Air Marshall. The Weakness of the Film is the Contrived and Far-Fetched Scenario that One must Buy to Enjoy the Story. There Are Enough Thrills and Chills to make this Rise Slightly Above Average and is Worth a Watch for Jodie Foster Fans. It is a Suspense that Requires a Good Deal of Suspension of Disbelief and If Your Belief is Suspended You can Plan to Enjoy the Flight.

The quality of Jodie's acting is all that saves this waffle from total crash-landing, the missing kid had plausibility and her frantic search good acting,but the emerging of the 'Air Marshall' as the bad guy, his extortion method and the 'Die Hard 2' type conclusion left me in no doubt that I should have braved the rain and gone for that cycle. To see Jodie walking away from an airliner that was still supposedly carrying a large amount of fuel was as ridiculous as the concept that she would actually detonate the bombs while herself and her daughter were aboard. The predictability of the scene involvement the Arab gentleman was as embarrassing as any attempt to end stereotyping of a particular group. All in all Jodie is so far better than this and its a pity to waster her amazing talent on dragging dirge like this out of the mire.

This is a good performance by Foster and a credible performance by Sarsgaard and Bean. But sadly, their efforts are wasted on a bad executed idea. The idea itself is good, but it's simply difficult to make a 90-minute movie on an airplane. This is a really long 30-minute movie. Despite that, it is still enjoyable to watch Foster play her part extremely well. What could have been done differently? Well, some of the things leading up to the flight should have been included. The flight is the climax of the movie, no doubt - but we don't have much of a chance to identify with the characters because there is so little development. It's like a one-act play where we don't really expect the characters to change much.