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Bad plan...
Selecting a film has become increasingly difficult because of the variety of options on the market, among which you get films which were used to be called "telefilms". Telefilms were those made specifically for television, aiming at a large population, less demanding as the the intrinsic quality of the product. The main reasons were that they were not paying to see the film, that being home they generally combined it with other activities (talking on the phone, to friends, or even sleeping) and the viewing was on lower quality screens than the ones in the cinemas. <
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>This is not as true today (home theatres can offer high quality of sound, large screens wit high picture definition are more and more available), but you still get the equivalent of those telefilms on DVDs. "Flightplan" is one of those underproducts. <
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>I won't go over the story or suspense of this film. Just be aware that you will see a lot of running by Jodie Foster in closed spaces, a very questionable script, weak performances by all the actors (I never had seen most of them on any performance before, and they are very stiff), a horribly designed aircraft for special effects (you can really tell on many shots it is a phoney plane). A big disappointment because you have the impression that the initial intention of the makers was to deliver a Hitchcock type of film, with lots of suspense, and an unexpected ending. It is in fact a mess. What is the reason for including the incident with the middle eastern passenger ? Why does he commit assault on Jodie Foster and what happens to him for that ? Why does the aircraft have those constant earthquake like shakes during the flight, which are unrealistic (anybody who has taken an airplane knows turbulences are not like that) ? What is the reason for showing that, instead of looking for the disappeared girl, two of the cabin crew members hid in a corner to have "unallowed" fun ? What about the rest of the crew that behaves like zombies ? And why would anybody make a bank wire (following the request of the highjacker) without any investigation ? The plot about the husband flying over the roof doesn't make much sense either. All this does not bring anything consistent into the film; rather, it makes it less credible. <
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>I mentioned the special effects before. Let me add that one of the last scenes with the explosion and breakup of the aircraft looks cheap and executed by people with little skills. When going into the menu of the dvd, the explanation about the scenes with the aircraft was that they had to "create" from nothing because that type of plane does not exist, and they seem proud of the result achieved. Well, that is just wrong, that type of plane does exist. It is the first double decker in commercial aviation. Airbus 380. <
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>To the filmmakers : Next time you get into something like this, get real actors, see how the job is really done on an airplane, get a good special effects crew, and use a credible script, avoiding cheap and unrealistic cliches. To the consumers or good film lovers : get something else or watch "Lost" instead, and if you like Jodie Foster, watch "panic room" (not a great film either, but at least more consistent). <
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>The flightplan here turns out to be a bad plan.

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Like suspensful movies? Good, clean ones? This one is for you. How do you lose someone on a plane? Good action movie