Gerard Butler Can Be Used as a Floatation Device

“Plane” shOUld Be GrOUnded fOr its COmPlimentary in-fliGht,

Until you think about it, which nobody recommends, “Plane” is about as mediocre as a generic action film can be. Unless you dig just a little bit, which is contraindicated by most medical professionals, Gerard Butler’s latest Liam Neeson imitation is almost impossibly neutral cinema. Up until you ask the most basic of questions, which should be seen as a cry for help, the whole experience can just fade into you, as Mazzy Star has long begged.

But if you do happen to think about how they callously portrayed the primary Black character in the film as a criminal who fled from justice without further explanation … If you dig just a little into how every woman in the film is either killed or cast aside ... If you ask whether, given horrible anti-Asian sentiments that exploded after COVID, it is maybe not the best time to present a nebulous Eastern region as having whole islands full of monstrous murderers … The whole thing comes apart like holiday airline travel plans.

Do I think director JeanFrançois Richet woke up and said,