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2004
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When cargo-plane pilot Frank Towns and co-pilot AJ are sent to the Tan sag Basin in Mongolia to evacuate the staff of an oil exploration operation that has been shut down, they have no idea that this routine operation will result in a life-and-death struggle... and an incredible rebirth. Shortly after take-off, while flying across the Gobi Desert, the plane encounters a massive sand storm that rips off its antenna and destroys its left engine. As sand and gravel roar against the fuselage, the plane falters and Towns is forced to crash land in the middle of the world's most foreboding desert... in the middle of July.The plane is damaged beyond repair, and the surviving eleven passengers and crew are stranded with little food and water. As accusations fly and tensions mount, their situation becomes increasingly desperate. An eccentric, mysterious man named Elliott a last-minute addition to the passenger list offers hope by suggesting that they build a new plane, to be named the Phoenix, from the undamaged components of the wrecked C-119 cargo plane. Towns and the others dismiss Elliott's plan as being impractical, if not absurd. Moreover, it would quickly sap their ever-dwindling resources and energy. As their numbers dwindle and all chance of being rescued fades, they realize that Elliott's plan is their only chance: Their only way out is up.The survivors put aside their differences, and under Elliott's guidance, begin construction of the Phoenix. Even as the new plane begins to take shape, the task seems impossible... but the impossible is their only choice.
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Copyright © 2004 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
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Lew Irwin
Flight of the Phoenix
is another one of those remakes of a middling classic film (the original, starring James Stewart and Richard Attenborough, was released in 1965) that leaves critics wondering why it needed to be made. Stephen Holden in the New York Times, noting that the original was far superior, says that the new version is so manipulative that the involuntary jolts of adrenaline it produces make you feel like a fool. Clearly Terry Lawson of the Detroit Free Press came away with the same reaction, writing, This is a movie so literal that the character who wears an eye patch is named Patch, and where everything that happens is spelled out with the subtlety of a first-grade teacher introducing the alphabet. Mike Clark in USA Today commented: There's nothing like dumbing down a movie grown-ups love so it can be 'sold' to teens who aren't going to go anyway. Rob Lowman in the Los Angeles Daily News concludes that the movie is pretty much a lost cause, and an episode of ABC's Lost, which, too, is about crash survivors, has tons more drama. But leave it to Kevin Thomas, the dependable contrarian who writes for the Los Angeles Times, to find much to like about the film. Thomas calls it a worthy remake and notes that the filmmakers have done an excellent job of retaining key elements of the original plot but have created a whole new set of characters that gives the film an entirely contemporary feel. Most important, they have managed to generate such intense suspense that even someone who cherished the original film can become absorbed in the action.
Lew Irwin
Flight of the Phoenix
is another one of those remakes of a middling classic film (the original, starring James Stewart and Richard Attenborough, was released in 1965) that leaves critics wondering why it needed to be made. Stephen Holden in the New York Times, noting that the original was far superior, says that the new version is so manipulative that the involuntary jolts of adrenaline it produces make you feel like a fool. Clearly Terry Lawson of the Detroit Free Press came away with the same reaction, writing, This is a movie so literal that the character who wears an eye patch is named Patch, and where everything that happens is spelled out with the subtlety of a first-grade teacher introducing the alphabet. Mike Clark in USA Today commented: There's nothing like dumbing down a movie grown-ups love so it can be 'sold' to teens who aren't going to go anyway. Rob Lowman in the Los Angeles Daily News concludes that the movie is pretty much a lost cause, and an episode of ABC's Lost, which, too, is about crash survivors, has tons more drama. But leave it to Kevin Thomas, the dependable contrarian who writes for the Los Angeles Times, to find much to like about the film. Thomas calls it a worthy remake and notes that the filmmakers have done an excellent job of retaining key elements of the original plot but have created a whole new set of characters that gives the film an entirely contemporary feel. Most important, they have managed to generate such intense suspense that even someone who cherished the original film can become absorbed in the action.
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