***1/2

Rating: 9/10 (23 February 2015)

Off-the-wall but great action flick may best describe this film. Interesting to see Julianne Moore, Lupita N'yongo and Liam Neeson at last night's Oscar telecast and then seeing them the following night in this harrowing movie.
As is the case with all high-jacking films, the culprits always have a political statement to make and this one is no different when they show their disgust at the lack of what they feel was a poor response following 9/11 regarding airline safety and they play it to the hilt by trying to shift the blame on an air marshal played to the hilt by Neeson.
What a great premise to this non-stop action thriller in transferring the requested ransom to the marshal's personal bank account so that he loses total credibility to those on the ground.
With an assortment of varied passengers, this picture is exciting to the very end with the emergency landing and all.