FLIGHTPLAN

FLIGHTPLAN HAS A VERY GOOD COMING ATTRACTION TRAILER TO BRING YOU INTO THE THEATRE.
ONCE THERE YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS THE SIXTH SENSE, ALL OVER AGAIN - WHICH WOULD NOT BE TOO BAD, SINCE THE SIXTH SENSE WAS A GREAT FILM - BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, A COPY OF THAT UNIQUE FILM WOULD NOT GO OVER BIG WITH THOSE WHO SAW THE ORIGINAL.
THEN YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE A RIP OFF OF FORGOTTEN. A MOVIE THAT HAS A GREAT FIRST HALF AND THEN SHOOTS ITSELF IN THE FOOT WITH SOME SCIENCE FICTION FOOLISHNESS THAT I WOULD NOT DIGNIFY WITH A RECOLLECTION.
JUST AS DUST TO DAWN, SHOT ITSELF IN THE FOOT WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF VAMPIRES, WHERE VAMPIRES WERE NOT NEEDED. THEY HAD A FINE CRIME DRAMA GOING AND FOR NO GOOD REASON, BRING THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT INTO THE PLOT.

ANYWAY, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE PLOT TWIST IN FLIGHTPLAN -- AND IT WILL KEEP YOU THINKING UNTIL THE LAST FEW MINUTES. MOST OF THE WORST PLOT HOLES SURFACE IN THOSE LAST FEW MINUTES.

THIS IS NOT A GREAT FILM, BUT IT IS ABLE TO KEEP THE AUDIENCE CONFUSED FOR ABOUT 90 MINUTES AND THAT IS PRETTY GOOD FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNLIKE ME --- I AM USUALLY CONFUSED IN OR OUT OF THE THEATRE, SO YOU CAN'T GO BY MY MENTAL STATE.
JODIE FOSTER IS SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF TIME - AS DO MOST PEOPLE WHO DON'T PLAY THE OUTFIELD FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS. SHE IS NOT THE TEENAGER OF TAXI DRIVER FAME ANYMORE.

THE WORK OF SEAN BEAN, WHO IS USUALLY A VILLAIN, BUT IN THIS FILM, AS THE VERY REASONABLE CAPTAIN OF THE AIRPLANE, IS OUTSTANDING. THE CAPTAIN'S ATTEMPTS TO HANDLE AN ODD TYPE OF CRISIS IS PLAYED PERFECTLY.
THE WORK OF KIEFER SUTHERLAND LOOK ALIKE, PETER SARSGAARD IS WELL DONE - THIS GUY IS HARD TO FIGURE OUT - IS HE DUMB OR CRAZY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY?
PICTURES LIKE THIS ARE TRYING TO PULL OFF THE SIXTH SENSE MAGIC AND END WITH A DECENT AMOUNT OF LOGIC PRESENT IN THE PLOT --- THIS ONE COMES PRETTY CLOSE; BUT THE MAIN THING IS, IT KEEPS YOU GUESSING AND CARING, UNTIL THOSE LAST FEW MINUTES.
YOU COULD DO WORST IN PICKING A PICTURE, THAT IS NOT HIGH PRAISE, BUT IT IS PRAISE, NONETHELESS.