Somewhat Entertaining

Rating: 5/10 (7 February 2013)

Whip Witaker (Denzel Washington), a seasoned airline pilot, lands a malfunctioning plane and saves almost everyone. The problem arises when it is discovered that he had alcohol in his system at the time. He could go to prison.
Somewhere in the beginning, we see Whip heroically land a plane that has malfunctions almost everywhere. These are exciting scenes, no doubt about it. That's why we go to a Denzel Washington movie. But..once the plane is landed what we get later on is a made-for-TV movie. Now, the struggle is his alcoholism and lying to everyone and he tells everyone he is not worried as no one else could have landed that plane the way he did. Okay, now we are getting somewhere. But.
So there we are waiting for the time when we actually believe Whip will take the corrective actions and get out of the mess he helped create. And, we wait, and wait and wait some more. While we wait we check to see what other movies are coming up, check the TV schedule also, do a bathroom break, check the refrigerator for a snack as not much is happening on the screen. Whip is still drinking and lying to everyone. We mutter to ourselves "there has to be some way out of this" and so we wait some more.
Yes, the acting all around is very good, but I wouldn't offer nominations for Oscars for any category. Denzel is very good, but he should have passed on this one. And, here we are left with a made-for –tv movie. Not bad, but still (5/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: Yes, in the opening scenes Drug use: Yes. Language: Yes.