Outstanding film-making

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2018)

This is how you do it. Great story telling and characterisation carried by a character actor of unparalleled skill. Washington is impeccable. Stellar, scintillating. I could not take my eyes off him, the incredibly nuanced and ambiguous characterisation he performs is the real "flight" in this movie. It is not about the plane falling apart, it's about the man whose piloting skills are inimitable while his own life is falling apart. It's a character flight.
No cheap voice overs, no useless special effects, just no cheap tricks full stop.
Great story, superb acting and direction. That's what it's all about.