Sully – Brace for Impact

Rating: 6/10 (3 December 2016)

This is a true story of an airbus which takes off and is hit by a flock of geese and performs a water landing into the Hudson River due to simultaneous engine failure, both engines are disabled at a lower altitude than any other in history!
Hanks plays Sully, a focused, very professional and very experienced pilot, he has a 42 year unblemished flying record but his career is being judged on this 208 second flight. The Film opens with the plane crashing into a building, we see Hanks wake and we immediately discover this is a nightmare and only another possible conclusion, not what actually happened.
The investigation after the accident is where most of the drama occurs. All 155 passengers survive but the airplane is lost and the film depicts the investigation and the hearing where they try to prove that Sully was the cause of the accident to avoid insurance losses. Several computer simulations indicate that Sully could have returned safely to the airport. Needless to say Sully was able to argue, present his own perspective and prove his innocence.
Though the audience already know the outcome, the film did a great job keeping the audience emotionally engaged. Stay seated when the film ends to see the closing credits and reunion of all the actual survivors and crew.