Flying is often scary and Plane is at its best when it tackles this idea. The film begins as a very grounded drama of a south Asia flight going badly wrong, but then the second part mutates into a hostage action flick. Here, the level of quality and believability also drops, despite the fact that the main characters, played by Gerard Butler and Mike Colter, do a solid job with their roles of the airplane captain and a convicted criminal, now bound to work together to survive.
However, it is the plot that meanders and presents a very lackluster main villain, here in the form of a Philippine island warlord who loves violence as much as his crisp curly hairdo. The director, Jean-François Richet, still resuscitates the film at the very end with a satisfying nail biting finale, which places the entire experience of watching Plane in a more interesting thriller action category. Seeing how much more expensive films like Rebel Moon fail at countless more things than this movie, it can be said that Plane is overall a good action piece.
However, it is the plot that meanders and presents a very lackluster main villain, here in the form of a Philippine island warlord who loves violence as much as his crisp curly hairdo. The director, Jean-François Richet, still resuscitates the film at the very end with a satisfying nail biting finale, which places the entire experience of watching Plane in a more interesting thriller action category. Seeing how much more expensive films like Rebel Moon fail at countless more things than this movie, it can be said that Plane is overall a good action piece.
