This movie stars Hugh lawrie who 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 the sand, the cant go look for help because the next village is hundreds of miles away and they would get lost, 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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Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
very good thank you alittle info could have been added
andy_1 18.11.2006 00:25
nice one
annie48 10.10.2005 16:26
You need to add more information on the characters, are there any extras on the dvd, where can you buy it etc. If you look at other high rating reviews, it will help. annie
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Advantages: Giovanni Ribisi is great as Elliott, The soundtrack is pretty good Disadvantages: The script is simply dull. The movie is half an hour too long, Not enough character development, felt like a total waste of 2 hours
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