The Flight Of The Phoenix (DVD)

...off course and crashes in the middle of the Gobi desert and with no hope of rescue, a disparate group of people must band together to build a new one. Can they put aside their petty differences and work as a team? And more importantly, can they really make a new aeroplane out of the old one and get it off the ground. Irish-born John Moore proves a capable director in this remake of the 1965 James Stewart movie. Having never seen the original, I can't ...
...of how the new version differs from the old. The setting has been changed from the Sahara to the Gobi desert and whereas the characters in the original were soldiers, here they are oilmen. As disaster-cum-adventure movies go, this is a solid example. Moore has been canny enough to cast a lot of virtual unknowns in the movie so you're never sure who's going to survive and there are one or two shocks in that area. There isn't much preamble and you ...

afy9mab 07.05.2005 · Read full review
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The past few years have seen a number of films recreated from films popular during my youth. Flight of the Phoenix is one of those films. It is a remake of a 1965 film of the same name starring many Hollywood greats and personal favourites including Jimmy Stewart and Sir Richard Attenborough. I remember being enthralled by the original and so was keen to see the remake hoping to rekindle some of the delight I had felt some forty years ago and also ...
...think? Well, I did enjoy the remake almost as much as I did the original and as for comparison, the general storyline remained the same with just the time and location changes, the characters were in the main reproductions of the originals, the individual acting talents pretty equivalent but there was little chemistry among the cast members whereas this gave the original its captivation. Where the remake does shine though is in the special effects ...

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...awful lot of films at the moment and the most part they are turning out to be awful movies. The latest to join that list is the recent Dennis Quaid release, Flight Of The Phoenix. I'd seen a few clips and trailers for it and thought it might be worth watching to see how it turned out. I didn't have too high hopes as I sat down to watch it and that was probably just as well. The cast looked quite impressive but could the film actually deliver? When ...
...middle of the Mongolian desert, Captain Frank Towns (Dennis Quaid) thinks it'll be an easy in and out job. For the most part it is and it's not till they are on the way home they start to experience problems. He tries to take the plane over the top of the storm but it appears to be too heavy. Very soon the propeller flies off and the planes heading for a crash landing somewhere in the desert. To make matters worse the aerial to the radio snaps off ...

Andy.mack 27.04.2005 · Read full review
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In Egyptian mythology, the Phoenix was a bird destroyed in the ashes, which then miraculously rose again. This well known story is reflected in Flight of the Phoenix as recovery from disaster against all odds - in terms of perseverence & determination - when all hope is extinguished the human spirit may still be reborn. I really liked this film, because it gave me a lot to think about. They always say the most important thing about a good film is ...
...an intelligent film, so not the sort to sit back & watch without much thought. It does have some good humour and some dramatic scenes. There is not too much gore, but its fair share of violent scenes, although at times little is actually visible of what is going on or the scene changes too quickly to take in the image. The Story A plane carrying returning redundent workers crashes in the middle of a scorching desert in Mongolia. One man falls from ...

Ayesha- 24.07.2006 (10.09.2007) · Read full review
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...has a lead role in the programme house. He plays two completely different characters but does both roles magically. the films story starts off real fast the pilot has 2 decisions to fly back and refuel or to fly through the storm, well I don't need to tell you his choice, the plane crashes and it leaves few survivors stuck in the middle of the desert with no option but to stay were they are. they cant follow maps as the desert changes constant with ...
...no compass would work in the desert due to magnetic force, also the heat would fry them and they have no water, they crew argue constant as they know they are trapped. One person comes up with the idea to build a plane but he has a huge secret which puts lots of excitement to the viewers and great anger to the stranded survivors. This secret doesn't come out until after the plane has been built. Overall I would give the film 7/10 one to be watched ...

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