Review of Flight (2012) by Norm D — 19 May 2017
As a pilot, when first seeing the promos & trailers, the tho't was "No thanks" to a concocted aerial "Poseidon Adventure" disaster flick. But after picking-up a copy at our Lib out of curiosity about all the good Reviews, one finds that the story is something quite different and more interesting.
No, a commercial airliner cannot maintain sustained inverted flight - key word, sustained. But it works OK here, if mightily testing one's willing-suspension-of-disbelief. The crop duster's son backstory puts it just inside the fetched realm of possibility.
Also, no truly good pilot takes off into the teeth of a fully developed thunderstorm. The last time that was tried in New Orleans, PanAm 759, it killed everyone, & folks on the ground - and revolutionized aviation vis-a-vis wind shear no-go ops & airport vicinity WS alerting.
The cast really nails it in a 10-15-mins too long Director's cut. Otherwise Zemeckis, too, gets it done.
This review of Flight (2012) was written by Norm D on 19 May 2017.
Flight has generally received positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
