Spoiler Alert: Birds are Evil

Rating: 7/10 (13 November 2016)

A guy lands a plane in the river and everyone lives. Sound familiar? That's about all there is to this with a bit of a twist and a little up-close-and-personal B.S. In the end it was the damn birds. Birds are almost always the problem.
I'm not much of a fan of Clint Eastwood movies but this is an example of doing a heck of a lot with very little. It has all the makings of an after-school special and a story that could have been adequately covered in 20 minutes. Eastwood was able to draw this out to an hour and a half group hug and tear-fest. It's a really, really good story but turning a few minutes of drama in the air and on the water into a feature film was a big stretch. The only reason that I gave this a chance was on the strength of a few really good reviews here on IMDb.