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Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2014)

This movie may well turn you off flying, or setting foot in a plane again. Here's the unbelievable true story of a lush and a drug taking pilot, who made a miraculous landing when his plane malfunctions, in an unbelievable manoeuvre to do so, though we can't escape the fact, the pilot in question still did the wrong thing, which sets a strong scenario for the rest of the movie. With only six not unfortunate people, that included two of crew, now begins a line of questioning for the recovering Whip, with a lot of questions to be asked. I liked the interesting direction the movie took from here, as reaching some more serious waters. The movie becomes quite engrossing with some little patches, that mainly have Denzel strangely forming a relationship with a younger drug addicted girl, an ex lush, he met at the hospital, during his recovery. We can see too Whip's predicament, where he may have to purgor himself, as encouraged by colleagues, (one his close pal, a solid Bruce Greenwood, along with his Don Cheadle, solid too) with a airline inquest coming up, where the possibility of him doing jail time, looming above him, isn't that remote. On one hand he's hailed as a hero, as a simulated test with ten other pilots, are done in a reconstruction of the October 14th crash, where the survival number of all pilots and passengers is nil. But on the other hand too, he's been indulging in the vices, where if he hadn't, would of the result been the same. Yes, is my analogy, but may'be too, he may of even landed it better, where may'be one more life would be spared, or that co pilot could of ended up with less of those crippling injuries. Who knows? I did feels sorry for Whip who refused to acknowledge his addiction, but in the end, he's forced to. And with the Q and A at the end, I could see how he was possibly trapped with that question, where I never saw the choice he made, coming. May'be too, this film could prewarn a few pilots on similar paths, to make amends or face their addictions. John Goodman who just keeps getting better, is a standout as Washington's rockabilly pill supplier.