Flight of the Phoenix

Weak,poorly acted inaction film, 13 November 2006

Author: gary-444 from United Kingdom


There are times when you start watching a film, and only continue in the hope that it is going to get better, simply on the basis that it could not continue as badly as it started.This is such a film.

Dennis Quaid sleep walks through his performance.Hugh Lawrie is hopelessly miscast, his squeaky contributions teetering on the comic - when in fact they are laughable. I have no problem with remakes.Stories retold for a different generation can be powerful and resonate with their time - "Titanic" and "Cape Fear" are good examples.

Yet this is not a poor remake.It is just a poor film. The premise for the film - that the survivors of a desert plane crash can create a new flying machine from the wreckage, requires suspension of disbelief.This can be achieved if the acting and the direction is strong enough, The film fails on both counts.

The special effects aren't, the set pieces are predictable, the "action" is lumpen. Don't waste an hour and 49 minutes of your life on this