Plane (2023)

[Hanahope]

Stars Gerard Butler and Mike Coulter.  Very serviceable action thriller that is under 2 hours.  

Butler is the pilot of a plane traveling from Singapore to Tokyo on New Years Eve and after being hit by lightning in a storm, crash lands on an island somewhere near the Philippines that is controlled by rebels.

Good snark against airlines by the crisis-management person.  good action by the stars.  don't go looking for backstory here, only the minimum is provided (which is why its under 2 hours).

now streaming on STARZ.

Edited July 17, 2023 by Hanahope

[Cress]

I enjoyed it and there were good action sequences. I heard they were going to make a sequel starring Mike Coulter's character; maybe then we''ll get backstory about his crime. They're going to call it Ship. :)

[Raja]

I finally caught this with some free credits. It was certainly better than the monthly NetFlix action movie release.

I think in the promotion of the movie they missed it making us think Gerald Butler was going to be a version of his Has Fallen series Secret Service Agent Banning instead of a more normal man willing to fight. And the same with Mike Coulter's veteran legionnaire being able to ambush but not being full out Rambo Wick. 

On 7/19/2023 at 5:00 AM, Cress said:

I enjoyed it and there were good action sequences. I heard they were going to make a sequel starring Mike Coulter's character; maybe then we''ll get backstory about his crime. They're going to call it Ship. :)

I would just hope it doesn't end up being a pardon for yet another mission. Trying to clean up a murder charge from 20 years ago seems less action and more of a dramatic genre.

[Cress]

Here's an update about the sequel, no longer called Ship. They got an interim agreement to work during the strike, but now the strike is over, so they can probably get a lot more done now.

[Raja]

4 hours ago, Cress said:

Here's an update about the sequel, no longer called Ship. They got an interim agreement to work during the strike, but now the strike is over, so they can probably get a lot more done now.

It does seem like they would be pushing Legionnaire Gaspare towards the Rambo Wick, or at least Steven Segal's Chief Rybeck from Under Siege. I guess that I just prefer the story of the just above ordinary guy from Die Hard to the stories about  the guy you send to kill the boogeyman. 

I can see once you get passed "Boat" to get to a more secure island free from kidnapper gangs something pushes Gaspare to move out of his illegal alien status. And having served his time in service  as a last resort not a goal in life he doesn't want to be a replacement troop for Shellback.