Finally, after much anticipation, I was able to sit down and see Turbulent. Now, as a low-budget Christian film fan my expectations were not too high going into this. I can appreciate the sets used in the film which amount to an office, a house, a forested area, and inside of a small airplane. The filmography and acting were decent overall. Good job for a low-budget.
Turbulent seemingly has a double meaning for both the marriage depicted in the film and the winds causing the airplane accident in which the plot is centered around. If this film had focused on one element instead of both at the same time it would have been a decent film in my estimation.
Admittedly, I came into this film hoping for a survival flick with a spiritual message. Instead, I got a movie with a lot of lengthy flashbacks and continual reminders of a dysfunctional marriage. Many Christian movies are focused around a cliché dysfunctional marriage with a saved versus unsaved spouse leading to an eventual salvation resolution for the unsaved spouse, and this film is no different. What was bothering was the lack of imagination that went into the survival element of the film. To my dismay, this aspect made the film almost unbearable as it appears that the main focus was on the marriage element at the cost of the survival element.
Some elements could have been considered more closely for the survival aspect such as: building a shelter, foraging through the wreckage for supplies, looking for a first aid kit, building a huge fire to signal smoke for rescue, not using stagnated water on wounds, etc. I tried to tell myself that he was just in shock, so he didn't do anything, but then the film ended in a rescue with almost no effort put in by the main character to be found. (He was in a cave when the rescue team came.)
If you can ignore the lack of survival elements and focus on the marriage and spiritual elements you may like this movie.
Turbulent seemingly has a double meaning for both the marriage depicted in the film and the winds causing the airplane accident in which the plot is centered around. If this film had focused on one element instead of both at the same time it would have been a decent film in my estimation.
Admittedly, I came into this film hoping for a survival flick with a spiritual message. Instead, I got a movie with a lot of lengthy flashbacks and continual reminders of a dysfunctional marriage. Many Christian movies are focused around a cliché dysfunctional marriage with a saved versus unsaved spouse leading to an eventual salvation resolution for the unsaved spouse, and this film is no different. What was bothering was the lack of imagination that went into the survival element of the film. To my dismay, this aspect made the film almost unbearable as it appears that the main focus was on the marriage element at the cost of the survival element.
Some elements could have been considered more closely for the survival aspect such as: building a shelter, foraging through the wreckage for supplies, looking for a first aid kit, building a huge fire to signal smoke for rescue, not using stagnated water on wounds, etc. I tried to tell myself that he was just in shock, so he didn't do anything, but then the film ended in a rescue with almost no effort put in by the main character to be found. (He was in a cave when the rescue team came.)
If you can ignore the lack of survival elements and focus on the marriage and spiritual elements you may like this movie.
