I was looking forward to this movie because I love Jodie Foster. Basic premise: Jodie Foster plays a grieving widow named Kyle Pratt who is taking her daughter and her husband's body back to the United States via a state of the art passenger jet that was designed by none other than Ms. Pratt herself. Then her daughter goes missing, and the crew have no record of the child having ever been on board. She begins a frantic search for her daughter, hampered by the suspicions of the captain (played by character actor Sean Bean), crew, passengers, and Air Marshal Gene Carson (Peter Sarsgaard), who all think she is lying. The fun ensues, and she must fight for the lives of her daughter and herself.
Hmm. A woman and her daughter, stuck in a inescapable area, fighting for their lives. Anyone seen Panic Room? I admit I was disappointed in how similar the two movies are both in situation and in tone. The film has a few other problems as well. There are some massive plot holes here as well as some clunky sentiment at the end of the film. When the last scene played out I asked myself, "What, did they just go to heaven?". Watch the film and you'll see what I mean.
It wasn't all bad. Jodie Foster is still a great actress, and she doesn't pull any of her punches, in a thespian sense or literally. If you want to see a woman empowering movie, this is it. And there's enough interest generated by the plot to keep you awake until the end. If I did the stars thing, I'd probably give it 3 and 3/4 stars out of five.
Hmm. A woman and her daughter, stuck in a inescapable area, fighting for their lives. Anyone seen Panic Room? I admit I was disappointed in how similar the two movies are both in situation and in tone. The film has a few other problems as well. There are some massive plot holes here as well as some clunky sentiment at the end of the film. When the last scene played out I asked myself, "What, did they just go to heaven?". Watch the film and you'll see what I mean.
It wasn't all bad. Jodie Foster is still a great actress, and she doesn't pull any of her punches, in a thespian sense or literally. If you want to see a woman empowering movie, this is it. And there's enough interest generated by the plot to keep you awake until the end. If I did the stars thing, I'd probably give it 3 and 3/4 stars out of five.