Review of Flight 7500 (2014) by That Guy C — 14 Feb 2017

7500 had so much potential with its premise of being trapped on a doomed flight with an unknown entity. It could have been intense and terrifying, but I really couldn't recall any effective scares or jolts. The script was very weak to me, with hardly any satisfying and involving development that makes the short runtime seem longer, the editing also seemed sloppy. The effects were pretty generic as well and they really should have thrown that unoriginal twist out the window and actually come up with something fresh and relevant to pack a more powerful punch. 7500 is a major letdown and they should have just released it on DVD years ago, because the wait wasn't worth the hassle at all. The film might have looked better on paper and at some point it probably did, but got lost in translation.

The cast is solid, but none of them were used to their full potential and their characters were underdeveloped so you couldn't really connect to anyone really, at least to me. The natural charms of the main cast though, made the viewing experience not a complete torture to watch, but it's still a shame that their talent is wasted in this generic effort.

Director, Takashi Shimizu has met a roadblock with his weakest effort to date, 7500. This could have been his scariest film since the original The Grudge, but compared to that film this one's a dud, definitely uninspired and half-baked and a missed opportunity with its setting. Writer, Craig Rosenberg who recently worked on the superior The Quiet Ones, pretty much underwhelmed me with this lackluster scrip. The script didn't grab me and I lost interest here and there and was just unriveting and less than original. Nothing to write home about.

Overall, the ridiculously long wait was a waste of time, because frankly 7500 was probably DOA from the very beginning and should have gone straight to redbox. The cast did their best and were likable, but the weak script did them no justice, and the twist has been done numerous of times before that the reveal was far from effective. There were some creepy scenes here and there and some black humor, but not nearly as suspenseful, scary and entertaining as it should be when it comes to aviation terror. Don't bother with this one.