Plane [DVD]

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Meanwhile, the Directors' Guild of the Philippines opposed the proposed ban, saying that it constitutes as censorship, and argued that the ban could set a precedent on the freedom of artistic expression of any depiction of the country. This trip is shaping up to be a little different: it’s New Year’s Eve, and if all goes to plan, Brodie will be reunited with his daughter at the end of it. A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.

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On February 23 Pioneer Films, the distributor of the film, voluntarily pulled out the film from "public exhibition" in a letter to the MTRCB, saying that they intend to submit a "new version of the film for appropriate review and classification. Gaspare’s skill set proves crucial, both for the survival of the passengers and for the punchy blood lust of the film-making. Padilla's criticism was supported by fellow senator Ronald dela Rosa and Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, who argued the film could damage the country's tourism. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it an 83% positive score, with 63% saying they would definitely recommend it.In October 2019, it was reported that Gerard Butler had joined the cast and would also produce alongside Alan Siegel. On July 13, 2016, MadRiver Pictures acquired The Plane, an original pitch from novelist Charles Cumming, with Marc Butan and Di Bonaventura Pictures' Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian announced as producers. As the passengers and crew are tended to by the island's rescue team, Brodie phones his daughter, telling her he is coming home. Butler plays Captain Brodie Torrance, a former RAF pilot now flying commercial routes in South East Asia. Michael Cho, Tim Lee, Gary Raskin, Alastair Burlingame, and Vicki Dee Rock were attached to the film as Executive Producers.

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But first there’s a whole lot of weather to push through and the little matter of a shackled prisoner, former French Foreign Legion operative Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter), who is being extradited to stand trial for murder. The rescue team tells Brodie that the airline cannot send in a formal team to remove them from the island for another 24 hours, and they do not have enough contingency money to negotiate their way off the island. The film was announced in 2016, acquired by Lionsgate in 2019, sold to Solstice Studios in 2020, and re-acquired by Lionsgate in 2021. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.Even though the plot is largely predictable and formulaic, I felt the white-knuckle tension of the brutal action and the entire unhinged hostage situation because the visual focus of the director is always on the people in this story and the fear they feel. In the white-knuckle action movie PLANE, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island -- only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning.

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He dispatches a private military outfit to rescue the passengers, as the authorities are unwilling to send troops into the rebel-controlled island. In August 2021, Kelly Gale, [12] Mike Colter, [13] Daniella Pineda, [14] Yoson An, [15] Remi Adeleke, Haleigh Hekking, Lilly Krug, Joey Slotnick, and Oliver Trevena joined the cast. He also added that If the producers of the film claim it is fiction, they should not have said the story happened in the Philippines. In real life, the Jihadist group Abu Sayyaf established their base of operations in Jolo but were not able to push out the Philippine Government's authority in the island.Filipino actor and senator Robin Padilla condemned the film's portrayal of the Philippines, pointing out how the film depicted Jolo as being run by separatists and militia, and the Philippine Army as "cowards".

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Its Philippine distributor has voluntarily taken out the film from Philippine theaters, after Filipino Senators voiced their concerns stating that the film is "offensive to the nation's name and reputation. Senator Robin Padilla noted that the film's bad image of the Philippines comes at a time when the country is trying to revive its tourism after the Covid-19 pandemic. Plane charts a standard action-adventure course with its cruising altitude just a few miles above Direct-to-Video -- but with Gerard Butler in the cockpit, thriller enthusiasts will still find this a fun flight. It does help with chaotic sequences to elevate the unease, but it also hinders the film when we should be seeing the outcome of fight sequences and it's sometimes obscured.At the rebel hideout, Brodie and Louis kill the guards and sneak the passengers and crew onto a bus. Check your critical thinking at the gate: The plot's preposterous and loaded with entertaining action, making Plane plenty of good old-fashioned fun. Angered and desperate, Junmar attempts to use another RPG in a last ditch effort to destroy the plane and wounds Brodie again, this time, in the shoulder. But Plane is able to fly above its generic ground by making the most of its actors and inherently tension-rich premise. It may be big, brawling and somewhat inelegant in approach, but this Gerard Butler vehicle is an aviation fuel-powered good time.