Serious spoilers, don't read if you haven't seen the movie.
Overall, the setup was a good time, and for the first half of the film I was entertained and vaguely hoping Jodie Foster would wind up frothing at the mouth in a straitjacket before the end. But it didn't, and instead the director tried to make the ending plausible. Plausibility is impossible because the following questions came to mind during the movie and ruined the whole experience. I have about 100,000 flight miles this year, so pardon me if I sound a little jaded.
-How did they know she would fall asleep?
-How did she get past the gate without running the girls boarding pass through the machine?
-How did they know which flight she would take home, and how could they guarantee the flight attendant would be on board?
-How could the air marshal get that seat? His flight attendant girlfriend has no control of the seating.
-Why would she be boarded early unless she was a 'special needs' passenger (i.e. with children)?
-Just how did the air marshal know this plane so well, and how could he get past the galley without disturbing one passenger or crew member?
-Why did they only call the morgue? Why not the police?
-Why didn't they shoot her in the head when she stood at the door?
I really wanted to suspend disbelief, but all of the bull drove me crazy. Cap it off with everyone saying "That's her daughter!" and the politically correct ending, and you walk away feeling like you ate an ice cream cone that only had one scoop on the top and nothing but an empty waffle at the bottom. 5/10
Overall, the setup was a good time, and for the first half of the film I was entertained and vaguely hoping Jodie Foster would wind up frothing at the mouth in a straitjacket before the end. But it didn't, and instead the director tried to make the ending plausible. Plausibility is impossible because the following questions came to mind during the movie and ruined the whole experience. I have about 100,000 flight miles this year, so pardon me if I sound a little jaded.
-How did they know she would fall asleep?
-How did she get past the gate without running the girls boarding pass through the machine?
-How did they know which flight she would take home, and how could they guarantee the flight attendant would be on board?
-How could the air marshal get that seat? His flight attendant girlfriend has no control of the seating.
-Why would she be boarded early unless she was a 'special needs' passenger (i.e. with children)?
-Just how did the air marshal know this plane so well, and how could he get past the galley without disturbing one passenger or crew member?
-Why did they only call the morgue? Why not the police?
-Why didn't they shoot her in the head when she stood at the door?
I really wanted to suspend disbelief, but all of the bull drove me crazy. Cap it off with everyone saying "That's her daughter!" and the politically correct ending, and you walk away feeling like you ate an ice cream cone that only had one scoop on the top and nothing but an empty waffle at the bottom. 5/10
