Hanks is so watchable

Rating: 6/10 (8 December 2016)

There aren't that many actors around at the moment who are guaranteed to swell the box office, but Tom Hanks is certainly one of them. Regardless of the role Hanks is just so watchable.
Sully tells the story of Captain Chesley Sullenberger who captained the US Airways flight that landed on the Hudson. There is always an issue with a movie based on a real event (especially when it's so recent) as everyone knows what is going to happen. I wasn't certain exactly about the length of the flight, but was pretty sure beforehand that it was less than 10 minutes. The obvious question is how can this be stretched out into a feature movie. This is achieved by basing the movie on the 'crash' investigation. Whilst this is a little clunky at time it mostly works. As ever Hanks is excellent in the lead role and it's nice that the real life people had a little cameo at the end of the movie. If you like Hanks you'll enjoy the movie.