The movie is about a group of people crash in the desert on a cargo airplane. It’s a very nitty gritty movie that includes very high tensions, sand storms, people fighting over water, exploding fuel, and a weird group of guys that are in the desert who look strangely like terrorists. After crashing the plane, the group tries to rebuild it led by a weird guy that no one really knows (far left on poster). Right before the plane is set to take off the group finds out that this guy didn’t really build airplanes for a job like he said he did, but that he built model airplanes. High tensions all around.
The movie wasn’t very thematic - It didn’t go in the format of most movies with the climax at a certain point etc. Because of this, the plot was VERY unpredictable. This gave the illusion that it was poorly edited, though I think it was just the style.
The music ranged from classic soundtrack music to fast drum beats to what sounded like weird chinese women trying to imitate 5 birds at once (don’t ask). Personally, I think that the movie would have done better as a mini-series. The unpredictable plot and style of filmaking really would have worked for that. Oh well.
[rating:3.5]
The original “Flight of the Phonix” (1960’s?) starred Jimmy Stewart and it was great! Check it out!
Grandpa