Tolerable nonsense

Rating: 7/10 (7 March 2014)

Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) is a sky marshall with problems - he drinks too much, there are family issues, and he doesn't much like flying. So when he starts getting text messages in flight to the effect that someone is going to start killing people aboard the plane every 20 minutes, his day couldn't get much worse. Except it could. And does.
This on-board paranoia thriller is not bad - it keeps the tension racked up well throughout its fairly modest running length, and it's not easy to guess the outcome.
Then it comes to the climax and it all falls apart somewhat. I won't explain why, but I will say that much of what has taken place in the previous 90 minutes won't stand up to close examination in the cold light of day. It's not as bad as aliens beaming in and being responsible for what has gone on, but it really isn't a great deal more credible than that.
And it was all going so well, too. Not for Bill, though.
Oh, and Non-Stop is a pretty rubbish title as I believe it applies to most plane journeys.