oceanicairlines
I am a pilot, and am very familiar with commercial aircraft, but the scenes in this movie contain several different aircraft, until they finally choose a poor computer generation of a Boeing 767-200ER for Inter-Americas flight 209. However the cabin and flight deck are right for the aircraft unlike many movies today. I love the cabin attendants, the best service I have ever seen. Just watch and you'll see why Michelle has to be one of the best flight attendants. The story it's self is very predictable, and the acting for some of the characters is subservient. But overall it is a good movie to sit and veg with on a Friday night, how ever I don't like the fact that it doesn't make you think, other than how unrealistic this is. Also a passenger who has no flying experience, could not ever under any circumstances land a 767 on a field. The aircraft comes in for a landing at 160-180mph, and handles like a bus, so the ending is unrealistic. However it is true that that aircraft can make a landing on a field, it has happened, but only with an experienced crew.
KHayes666
This movie was so cheap its not even that funny. The producers, directors, etc must have used the same shots for different scenes 5 different times.The overall plot wasn't too bad, but how in the world did this Zeke guy go around slaughtering tribes and towns without any sort of military resistance from the country. If some yahoo went around firing missiles in Chicago, Detroit, etc than he'd be shot down within the hour.Another thing wrong was they never elaborated on the fate of everyone that was infected on the plane before the proverbial "shyt hit the fan" part. Did David Naughton's character bite the bag or what? Lastly, did anyone else who saw this movie laugh when Zeke hit the drink after the bees attacked, that may have been the smartest move in film history.Poor effort but with the planes....I give it 4 out of 10
hoodcsa
No one takes this thing to seriously and that helps a lot. The story is paper thin, but it proceeds fast enough. The airplane stuff is hilarious and Craig Sheffer seems to be well in to the spirit of things. He's no Brando, but he plays this stuff in an acceptable manner. The charms of Ms. Anwar have always eluded me, but she's as good as most this time out. Rutger Hauer's on board too and that pains me. This guy is to good to be making this much crap. Flying Virus is a stupid title but genre fans will stick with this movie.A popcorn film. Make that a butter-free popcorn film.
duntrune
but no matter the title, it's still a lowbuck, horrifically written flick. Gabrielle Anwar running around in a jungle is amusing for about 3 minutes, but you have to watch 100- odd minutes of garbage to get it.....it does get bonus points for it's Ed Wood styled same stunt from three different camera angles stretching of the budget, and loses the bonus points just as quickly for it's "Shadow People" with Prince Valiant haircuts..... truly bad, completely ludicrous, and on the Cheez-o-meter, it gets; 3 out of 10, bad, but not lovably so....