7/10
Avoid the window seat
26 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
I have not seen the original in a while, but I remember liking it quite a bit. I see that many people compare this newer version unfavorably to the original, but I think they are perhaps equally good if different. I adore Robert Ryan and feel he can really do no wrong as an actor. He was perfect as the pilot and seemed a bit of a precursor to the Denzel Washington character in "Flight" in the gravitas and pathos he conveyed in the role of an alcoholic but highly skilled pilot who can fly drunk better than most of his peers can fly sober. It's a terrific story, and I always cry at the end of both versions when the elderly couple insists on staying behind with the condemned criminal. Of course, I'd like to think my husband and I would act like them in a similar situation, although sadly we'd probably end up acting more like Gene Barry and Phyllis Kirk. Another reviewer pointed out the lack of grieving for the lovely and able stewardess. It did seem like people should have been a little more horrified about her shocking death.
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