Punch to the gut that keeps you vying for redemption

Rating: 7/10 (2 November 2012)

Captain "Whip" Whitaker's life of drug-induced nonchalance aids him in a crisis but it's also his unraveling.
This story is a punch in the gut that keeps you writhing from take off, as Whitaker's internal conflict incrementally rises like the doomed plane he pushes through a storm.
Few actors can portray this character so well, and I've not seen a better performance from Washington since The Hurricane. He makes you hope for Whitaker's redemption, and the film waits until the final minutes to reveal whether Whitaker has expended his supply of second chances.
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