Plane (2023)
Gerard Butler plays a commercial airline pilot forced to make an emergency landing on Jolo island in the Philippines. Together with a prisoner being escorted on the plane (Mike Colter) they must protect themselves and the passengers from rebels intent on capturing or killing them.
A hugely enjoyable action thriller in which i was immediately invested. Part disaster movie, part Rambo like shoot 'em up, Plane is one of the most gripping films from recent memory. The airliner coming down was terrifically tense and the final acts a white knuckle thrill ride.
Both Butler and Colter are very good and aided by some suspenseful action sequences helmed by French director Jean Francois Richet. Plane plays like a piece of classic 90's popcorn cinema so if you love the likes of Con Air and The Rock as i do then this should be right up your street.
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