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Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

vchimpanzee Pacific Global Flight 52 is headed from San Francisco to Japan when it has to change course due to storms. The new route takes the flight dangerously close to a restricted zone where a missile test is taking place.John Berry is a 'weekend pilot' who ends up having to fly a very complicated aircraft, under adverse conditions, and get it back to the ground safely. Sharon is the flight attendant who has to help him. They are among the few who were not in the main cabin or the cockpit and therefore not affected by what happened. There were also passengers in a conference room, but they seemed to contribute little to the situation.Cmdr. Slan shows little emotion over what has happened and, in fact, he cares more about the navy's reputation than the passengers on the plane. Even worse, Beneficial Insurance agent Anne Metz only cares about potential liability, which will be less if everyone on board dies in a crash away from a populated area. If, for example, the plane crashes into buildings in a large city, her company and Pacific Global could both go bankrupt.I thought Aidan Quinn and Kelly Hu did a good job showing they could take charge of the situation. Dean Cain delivered a detached and uncaring attitude, very military, occasionally angry (but restrained, and for all the wrong reasons). Charles Dutton did a fine job as the admiral observing the missile test. The actor playing the older airline executive did a good job, while the younger man who worked directly with Metz came across as an unfeeling buffoon. The air traffic controllers seemed very professional, as did military pilot Lt. Matos, who investigated the missile situation up close.To me, the action in the plane looked realistic, though I'm certainly no expert on what should have happened. The big event was quite exciting and scary. And the excitement occasionally returned. The events in the cockpit were pretty amazing if not miraculous, and it's incredible the new crew had their calm moments. They did work well together. But much of the tension came from what the various parties didn't know about what was going on, and from our heroes having to figure out certain things.It was entertaining, whether realistic or not. One hopes the people on the ground would have more concern in real life.

hicuff@aol.com This movie wasn't as bad as the previous reviewer made it out to be. As a matter of fact, it was better than most airplane disaster movies. I thought the insurance agent was believable, and what she and the airline executive tried to do was pretty disgusting. The movie also showed what kind of crap the government tries to pull with it's drone testing and lack of compassion for people in trouble. The movie also showed the compassion of some people towards others and what can happen when you don't follow directions. The ending was pretty exciting and when the movie was over my husband and Iturned to one another and said "that wasn't a bad movie at all".

bdewar1 I thought I purchased the book a long time ago, but since the price reads $2.95 on the cover; it was not that far back. I bought it because I love both survival after air crash stories and plots about near disaster, in any aircraft.So when the movie was advertised this evening Sunday October 2, 2005 on CBS; I looked forword to seeing it .. having read the book.I think that those who expect Citizen Kane 1941), or Shane (1953) for a made for TV movie; they just expect too much. I enjoyed the book; it had some unique story ideas; ditto as a TV Sunday night movie; it was a good little adventure.In the book there were many sub-plots. I wondered if some would be slashed altogether in the movie version. They seemed to keep all of them, but just tightened them up. I did not find that, doing any harm. An evening movie on television can never be as long as a book.Without committing a "spoiler," I am able to say that I wish they had left-in the part of the story taking place in the book at the end. I will leave it at that so as not to commit that "spoiler" mentioned above, by identifying what took place or where, at the end.Altogether, I was glad it was on this Sunday night. I enjoyed seeing it rather than some silly sitcoms. Even knowing the original story; I knew I was going to have a nice original and unique adventure to watch that evening. And I did.Also, some who have seen this air disaster movie could at least credit the film for not following the usual contrivance of many flashbacks to introduce each passenger's life prior to the flight. Not having flashbacks—not one—and not introducing the passengers at all, except for a very short opening at the airport with the lead's son, was in itself something that was worth the commercial interruptions. That should be recognized as a major, and long needed change in disaster films of all kinds. I am so sick of learning in other disaster movies that one passenger was an ex-hooker and one was an ex-rancher who sold bad beef to the packing house and one—who was being transported in an iron-lung—was thinking of suicide and so on, and on and on..I guess that anyone who is wondering what this reviewer was talking about three paragraphs above, that was a major hair-raising conclusion at the end, will just have to check out the book at their library to find out; and I will not have committed a spoiler.For a Sunday night movie, I enjoyed it a lot. Now I have the book and taped the movie; all I need is to find the script for sale.

V-Man Given the fact that its a made for TV B-movie, it was pulled off nicely. Many complain about the realism, but how many action movies depict an actual decompression semi-accurately? At least they acknowledged that oxygen deprivation will kill or render a person unconscious. Besides that, its not an action movie like many other airplane movies. What intrigued me is the moral and ethical struggle posed. This is what the movie is trying to say, that every day things depicted in the movie can actually happen. How many already have and been covered up in such a way? As for the quirks, it was amusing to see Dean Cain in an antagonist role for once, but the so called "navy headquarters" was reminiscent of a WW2 battle room.