“I
have often thought that Denzel Washington is one of the finest actors to ever
grace the silver screen, and he proves that assertion with a film that is
assured to receive him a sixth Academy Award nomination. Here is a man broken
beyond measure, stumbling through his lost life until unprecedented new stress
is placed upon him. Not even the intervention of those he holds close can stop
his self-destructive nature - or can it?”
- coming from a movie reviewer in the US.
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| Photo courtesy of UIP |
In this action-packed mystery thriller,
Academy Award® winner, Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned
airline pilot, who miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air
catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed
as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who
or what was really at fault and what really happened on that plane?
Whip
Whitaker (Denzel Washington) wakes before it's time to take off on a new
flight, after an evening of drinking and sex with one of his plane's
stewardesses, Katerina Marquez (Nadine Velazquez). Still trying to rouse
himself from his hangover, his phone rings, and he answers a call from his
ex-wife Deana (Garcelle Beauvais). Deana wants to discuss putting their son
through a private school, but Whip doesn't want to discuss it at the moment,
claiming he'll talk to her about it when he gets back to Atlanta.
Co-pilot Ken Evans (Brian Geraghty) Ken seems a little apprehensive of Whip (who is wearing sunglasses), but goes along with his story that he's alright to fly. The plane takes off through rain, and Whip pushes it higher and faster, attempting to find a break in the clouds, causing the ride to seem downright turbulent. However, once Whip finds a break in the storm, the plane stabilizes, and the passengers applaud.
Shortly after this, Whip addresses the passengers personally, while secretly pouring some mini-vodka bottles into a bottle of orange juice. After disposing of the bottles, Whip returns to the cockpit, and naps while Ken takes over.
A sudden jolt stirs Whip, before the plane suddenly pitches into an uncontrolled dive. Steering mechanisms don't respond, and numerous houses can be seen out the window. Staying relatively calm, Whip has the plane's fuel ditched, before proposing a crazy maneuver: roll the airplane! With Ken and Margaret's help, Whip inverts the plane upside down, leveling it out, before rolling it to crash-land on its belly in a field near a small church. The impact slams Whip's head against the steering mechanism, knocking him out.
Whip awakens in an Atlanta hospital with minor injuries. He is greeted by his old friend Charlie Anderson (Bruce Greenwood), who now represents the airline's pilots union. He tells Whip his heroism saved 96 of 102 people on board. An NTSB official informs him Katerina was among those killed, and that Evans has been put into a coma.
Co-pilot Ken Evans (Brian Geraghty) Ken seems a little apprehensive of Whip (who is wearing sunglasses), but goes along with his story that he's alright to fly. The plane takes off through rain, and Whip pushes it higher and faster, attempting to find a break in the clouds, causing the ride to seem downright turbulent. However, once Whip finds a break in the storm, the plane stabilizes, and the passengers applaud.
Shortly after this, Whip addresses the passengers personally, while secretly pouring some mini-vodka bottles into a bottle of orange juice. After disposing of the bottles, Whip returns to the cockpit, and naps while Ken takes over.
A sudden jolt stirs Whip, before the plane suddenly pitches into an uncontrolled dive. Steering mechanisms don't respond, and numerous houses can be seen out the window. Staying relatively calm, Whip has the plane's fuel ditched, before proposing a crazy maneuver: roll the airplane! With Ken and Margaret's help, Whip inverts the plane upside down, leveling it out, before rolling it to crash-land on its belly in a field near a small church. The impact slams Whip's head against the steering mechanism, knocking him out.
Whip awakens in an Atlanta hospital with minor injuries. He is greeted by his old friend Charlie Anderson (Bruce Greenwood), who now represents the airline's pilots union. He tells Whip his heroism saved 96 of 102 people on board. An NTSB official informs him Katerina was among those killed, and that Evans has been put into a coma.
When he meets Charlie and attorney Hugh Lang (Don Cheadle), they explain that the NTSB
performed a toxicology screen while he was unconscious in the
hospital that revealed he was intoxicated, which could result in Whip going to
prison on both drug and manslaughter charges.
Lang promises to get the toxicology report ruled inadmissible on technical
grounds, but Whip leaves in a fury and takes refuge in his father’s farm.
Watch
how this action-drama unfolds and climaxes on a down-to-earth airline pilot
hailed nationwide in America as a hero for saving the lives of almost everyone
on his flight under the able ‘navigation’
of Director Robert Zemeckis of Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger
Rabbit and other great film credits’ fame.
Flight is a 2012 American drama film directed and co-produced
by Robert Zemeckis
starring Denzel Washington,
with Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo, Bruce Greenwood, Kelly Reilly, and John Goodman. The film is distributed by United International
Pictures thru Solar Entertainment Corporation. Now showing at your favorite cinemas.
Emy Abuan
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