God help me.....

Rating: 8/10 (3 February 2013)

Denzel is back ayer a couple of years of average movies, with this, maybe his greatest performance since probably Man On Fire.
Although he has a really stupid name.
Whip Whittaker, is to put a finer point on it, a man who enjoys having a lot of fun, with narcotics and alcohol. after a night of debauchery with the said products, he pilots a routine flight, which has a malfunction toward the end of the flight.
After a miraculous crash landing, a toxicology report reveals that Whip was under the influence when the plane went down, and maybe he was the reason why the malfunction occurred.....
The first thing you realise when you see this movie, isn't just how great Denzel is, or how good it is to see Zemeckis back with live action, it's the really blunt regions subliminal undertones the film carries, once we see Whip.
He stark nudity at the beginning could indicate the Adam and Eve connotations Whip has, taking the forbidden fruit aka alcohol and drugs before the flight, and once the steeple comes from the church, we head into a story of redemption and forgiveness.
Colleagues begging Whip to attend church (choose the right path), and a really strange scene where the plane is flying over Reillys hotel when she is being rescued, is just some of the stand out scenes that make this film worth the watch.
Or you could class it as the formulaic drama most people will. Whip, is in denial, comes a bit better, goes a bit worse, karma catches up at the end, with added gravitas from support by Cheadle, Greenwood, and Goodman.
But it's more than that, it's a tense movie, with a really strong opening act, and a performance from Washington that really deserves the academy award.
If your not a fan of the lead, I doubt. Very much you will enjoy it as much as I did, but it's a solid drama, with a very predictable, but brilliant third act.