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Flight of the Phoenix
Flight of the Phoenix

6.0

Flight of the Phoenix

PG-13·2004·113m

Summary

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.

Crew

Director

John Moore

Scenario Writer

Lukas Heller

Screenplay

Scott Frank

Screenplay

Edward Burns

Reviews

drystyx

drystyx

April 18, 2023

2

This could be one of those "so bad it's good" movies some day. It's a remake of the classic film about men in a hopeless situation when their small plane crashes in the desert. Hope comes back when one of the men reveals he can make an airplane, and the others believe him. In such a story, the subplots and side stories make the story. Here, the subplots and side stories are cartoonish and contrived. The characters are totally without motivation. One can almost see the actors wince about being part of such a horribly written story. In fact, one almost wonders if it was written for the purpose of some day being a "so bad it's good" story. I'm not sure. There really isn't any charm to this movie, no inspiration, no motivation, and that might be too bad to even make the "so bad it's good" list.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$45,000,000.00

Revenue:

$21,009,180.00

Keywords

robbery
based on novel or book
sandstorm
pilot
gobi desert
mongolia
survival
disaster
airplane crash
struggle for survival
desert
based on movie
oil rig 
desert storm
smugglers
cargo plane
crash survivor