Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Hugh Laurie
Survivors of a plane crash in the Mongolian desert work together to build a new plane.
DVD Release Date: March 1, 2005
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September 25, 2009Odd remake, Giovanni Ribisi character made very little sense compared to the original.
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September 1, 2008A group of air crash survivors are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no chance of rescue. Facing a brutal environment, dwindling resources, and an attack by desert smugglers, they realize their only hope is doing the impossible... building a new plane from the wreckage of the...( read more)
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June 12, 200820 minutes in and the film is well underway. We get a feel for all the characters, we know where it's going and we know some of these characters are expendable. Quaid is easily watchable and a good lead but it's Ribisi who steals the show, he is the only one of any real note givi...( read more)
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November 5, 2009This was a very good remake of the original. However, the original with Jimmy Stewart in my opinion was just a little bit better.
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October 12, 2009I dont know what I was hoping for with this movie.I guess I was just hoping it would be good but it sucked
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September 14, 2009This looks *very* interesting to me. Any movie about "survival" is likely to make me go "mmm, yah."
Critic Reviews
December 17, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
December 16, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Resolutely, gloriously old-school in every regard, The Flight of the Phoenix is a reminder that disaster films don't need the threat of global annihilation to be good entertainment. full review
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August 4, 2007Give this movie a miss and watch the original 1965 version of the same name instead. The acting and direction is a hundred times better, and the plot actually works - whereas this modern remake is for the most part atrocious.
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August 1, 2007this is a really great movie for thos people who like advanture. i liked a lot.
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