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Flightplan (M)
Directed by Robert Schwentke
Fasten your seatbelts ladies and gentlemen, we're in for a rocky ride as Jodie Foster has us panicking once again in her latest thriller Flightplan.
And what makes this blockbuster even scarier is it all takes place at 40,000 feet in the air on board a massive, state-of-the-art E-474 aircraft.
Foster plays aircraft engineer Kyle Pratt, who is flying out of Berlin with her six-year-old daughter Julia (Marlene Lawston) and the body of her recently deceased husband.
Three hours into their flight to New York Kyle wakes up to find Julia missing and what's more, no one believes she was ever on board. Becoming more and more desperate the already emotionally drained Kyle has a tough time convincing the captain (Sean Bean) and his sceptical flight crew that they need to search the plane. They all think she's barmy, especially when they put a call through to Berlin airport who inform them that no Julia Pratt ever checked in.
What has happened to Julia? Does she even exist? Even Kyle is beginning to question her own sanity.
But if she's right it means there's something extremely wicked afoot and the big question is, just who is in on the big conspiracy and why have Kyle and Julia been targeted? What makes them so special?
After hearing some less-than-glowing reviews for Flightplan I admit I didn't have very high expectations for this film.
But thankfully I was in for a pleasant surprise. This taut thriller kept me guessing nearly all the way through and I never left the edge of my seat. So what if there are plot holes big enough to fly a jumbo jet through; park your brain at the door and take off for an exciting nail biter of a ride.
Jodie Foster proves once again why she is an Oscar winner and Peter Sarsgaard is also very good.
Claustrophobics and white knuckle fliers beware! No joy flight but very entertaining.
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