Another Non Stop Super Flop

Rating: 2/10 (11 March 2014)

What starts out as a fairly interesting mystery on board a jetliner eventually turns into a run of the mill silly action flick that you have come to expect every time you buy a movie ticket these days . Liam Neeson stars again as yet another depressed figure similar to the character he portrayed in the Grey . This time he plays an unhappy alcoholic ex cop that is now US air marshal, Bill Marks . ( no relationship to Groucho or Harpo Marx ) Soon after take off Neeson receives several threatening texts on his ultra secure cellphone from a diabolical extortionist . A demand of 150 million dollars is made to be transferred into a certain on-line bank account, by the mysterious caller . Otherwise the air pirate will kill someone every 20 minutes . Now really, who is going to cough up 150 million bucks for some ordinary frequent flier ? Aging redhead Julianne Moore requests a seat change so she can look out the window and sit next to Neeson during takeoff . We immediately suspect her of being part of the extortionist's plot . Tough guy Neeson claims he's a white knuckled flier afraid of take offs and and cons Moore into holding his hand . As the movie progresses, the suspense gives way to lots of passengers getting threatened at gunpoint or beaten up by Neeson . The pilot gets mysteriously murdered with a poison dart half way thru the movie . There is some nonsensical post 911 plot to frame Neeson as a terrorist so the airlines will increase security at the airports . The jetliner makes the obligatory crash landing without casualties . The little 8 year old girl who is flying unescorted survives the flight unharmed . Not surprising Neeson had a daughter her age that that died of cancer . Then there are the usual cast of characters you would expect to be flying on this idiotic airliner . The stereotypical New York City cop , the friendly Middle Eastern doctor who is not a terrorist , and Nancy the flight attendant who gets bounced off the ceiling during some violent turbulence but not a single hair on her lovely head is harmed . What impressed me about this movie was how large and comfortable those fully reclining airline seats appeared to be . Save your money , don't connect with Non Stop because its not worth the cost of a paper barf bag .. Not Hot ... PWH