Collander full of holes

Rating: 3/10 (3 February 2013)

OK this movie has its moments but sadly moments it is. If you have any understanding of flying then Hollywood immediately broke the laws of physics right in front of your face.The question in my mind while the plane was inverted was 'Well what now? , how do you save this because you can't land upside down and when you turn back over it will nosedive again . . but no when turned back over it glided!!?? So that was the heroic skillful pilot bit debunked at the start. So then we get to the drinking and drug problem. Clichéd enough said and John Goodmans role the 'saviour' was a character who could easily have been Micheal Jacksons personal MD..please. What I find most annoying though is the redemption. The sugar coated epiphany . . I didn't get that bit. He throws away a career he admittedly should not have but in doing so presumably because he could not besmirch the character of his heavy drinking stewardess who was twice as drunk as he was according to the toxicology. The 'Hero Fesses up' and 'heroically' throws away the financial support to his ex wife and son who presumably end up in the Hovel Nicole lived in just to save the face of a stewardess who was already labelled a drunk. Sorry but none of the angles squared up and resolutions only created further questions. Maybe I should have stuck with my original plan to sit and drink coffee and read a few magazines while my wife shopped instead of watching a movie that was designed to provoke your thoughts but when you started thinking you only realised how the plot had well 'missed the plot'. Like the unflyable plane Denzell sadly had an unplayable role. An Oscar? No sorry Denzells' Portrayal missed Micky O'Rourkes Wrestler by a country mile.