Review of Flight of the Phoenix (2004) by Lorenzo V — 31 Aug 2008
A group of air crash survivors are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no chance of rescue. Facing a brutal environment, dwindling resources, and an attack by desert smugglers, they realize their only hope is doing the impossible... building a new plane from the wreckage of the old one.
I don't get why people hated this movie. Sure its a remake and the first one was a lot better but in a stand alone view of the film, its actually pretty amazing. You watch this film and you compare it to the first one, that's not the point of this film. This is supposed to be a fresh take on the 1965 film because back then there were no special effects like we have it today. This one wasn't supposed to go against the original, this was like a tribute or a homage to the first one because it was really good back then. The cinematography was above excellent, an amazing shot of the desert smuggler shooting the guy in the brown jumpsuit in slow motion was amazingly well done, it gets me everytime I watch it.
The storyline was decent. Its not just a story about survival, its a story about hope, unity, faith and redemption.
4/5.
This review of Flight of the Phoenix (2004) was written by Lorenzo V on 31 Aug 2008.
Flight of the Phoenix has generally received mixed reviews.
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