supermaggie If one reads the negative reviews, it often says: tastes are different and logical plot holes etc.- well, I can only say: fates are different, and correspondingly ignorant and arrogant is some people's behavior. The people who think the movie is unbelievable are usually the ones who trust the bombers / blackmailers / liars and applaud them (they are not always bombers, but they are, for example, spiritual instigators and more often than not money is their goal as well) and the victims who do know the truth, they do not believe them, they disrespect and even blame them and make their life a torment. This is happening every day, and only the ignorant / arrogant / inexperienced and naive, who have always been lucky and have never experienced suffering and lack of respect and lack of support and never really had to fight hard, deny this - and they think their happiness is their own achievement alone - ha ha, how nasty and blind can people be (it is exactly these people who never had to struggle). And that this film addresses and shows this phenomenon is a success of its own, and in addition there is the always fantastic talent of Jodie Foster, and an extremely suspenseful production. And if you bash this film, but like Non-Stop then your hypocrisy is even more obvious, because Non-Stop has clearly stolen much from Flightplan and also shows the pain and the powerlessness and stress when you know you know/speak the truth, but you are being manipulated in such a way that nobody believes you - the only main difference between these two movies is: Non-Stop is slightly heavier on the action-side and Flightplan slightly more on the drama-side, but both movies are fantastic, but if I have to pick one: I choose the female power of Jodie.

inspectors71 This is probably not what a director wants to hear about his movie, but 2005's Flight Plan is a nice, non-descript action flick that provides a compliment of suspense that exactly equals what you're hoping for in a non-threatening action movie.Putting the always lovely--and often sympathetic--Jodie Foster on a jetliner over the Atlantic, with a missing child and a plane-load of irritated passengers wanting her to sit down and shut up, is a pretty solid way to blow 100 minutes. I saw Flight Plan when it came out, and I thought it was dull and silly. For some reason, I liked it better when I sat down with it a few hours ago. I think it got better because I got a little better at seeing flicks like this for what they are. Blessed time-wasters that leave you feeling pleasantly burpy-satisfied. Kind of like one cold, wide-mouthed 16 ounce beer, consumed at just the right speed on just the right emptiness in your stomach. Mystery, human-interest, and a lack of guts and brains splattered over everything is a perfect way to relax after work on a Monday evening.Flight Plan is bland and mildly tasty, no matter how ludicrous it gets as the story advances. The only real problem with the movie is how the mystery is replaced with an overly-complicated bad-guy plot with Peter Skarsgard slurking and slouching and generally packing a neon "Bad- Guy" sign over his head. But, by the time you start to squirm a bit, the hook is in, and you aren't peeved at being reeled in by a the creakiness of the third reel.I taped Flight Plan off the tube a few months ago, along with Red Eye, and labeled the VHS "In-Flight Movie Double Feature."Does this mean that I get to crack open another pint with the second movie? I hope not. I'll be asleep in no time.

LeonLouisRicci If there isn't, there should be...a Sub-Genre Called "Claustrophobic Cinema" (or something) because in these Types, Confined to a Limited Environment, like say a Plane or a Room or a Ca. The Limitations are Obvious and the Setting becomes Central to the Plot. It is Instant Suspense.Panic Room (2002) and the Recent Non-Stop (2014) to Name a Couple, but there are many of these Types. Acting is Paramount because much of the Running Time is Focused on the Faces and the Behavior of the Characters Up Close and Personal.In this one, Jodie Foster is Front and Center most of the Time and Required to be a Borderline Paranoiac, Possibly Suffering from Severe PTSD Following the Recent Tragic Death of Her Husband, and now Missing Her 6 Year Old Daughter. The Actress is in Full Emoting Mode and has the Talent to Pull it Off.Peter Sarsgaard and Sean Bean are On Board with both Delivering enough Gravitas to help things Stay somewhat Believable, Especially Sarsgaard who is a Greasy, Pale Faced Air Marshall. The Weakness of the Film is the Contrived and Far-Fetched Scenario that One must Buy to Enjoy the Story. There Are Enough Thrills and Chills to make this Rise Slightly Above Average and is Worth a Watch for Jodie Foster Fans. It is a Suspense that Requires a Good Deal of Suspension of Disbelief and If Your Belief is Suspended You can Plan to Enjoy the Flight.

Matthew Luke Brady Kyle: "Have you seen my daughter?" Captain Rich: "Um... miss. You came on board, with only yourself."The story is about a woman and her child are flying back from Berlin when her daughter suddenly disappears and no one even remembers seeing her aboard the plane. I got to say that this whole film feels like a Alfred Hitchcock movie. With it's suspense and Mystery, just like a Hitchcock. film. I mean if Alfred Hitchcock was still alive today, he might have directed his movie. Would he have done it better?, yes because we are talking about the master of suspense. Jodie Foster was just pure excellent in this role as the scared mother who will do anything to get her daughter back no matter what, and she did a fantastic job at it. The directing in this movie I thought was pretty well done. Through out this movie it had that dark, cold tone that worked for a movie like this. It worked in this movie because children today are going still missing and sometimes I will read the paper and read the latest news about these horrible, cold and gritty stories about children going missing and being found dead, and this movie cough that feeling that I have when something like this happens. My only nick picks with the movie was the ending to the film. I'm not going to give away the ending, but what I can say is the movie turned into a cliché action film towards they end; losing all the suspense for me. But overall Flightplan is a great suspenseful movie with excellent acting and the movie is unpredictable.