A barebones action film that puts all its faith in a simple premise that ultimately fails to deliver. The characters, heroes and villains alike, are all flat and predictable. Every plot point is obvious, with the final set piece being the most egregiously so ([spoiler]you probably wouldn't title your movie Plane if the titular plane just sits on a dirt runway during act three[/spoiler]). It doesn't help that the big spectacle moments are too ambitious for the film's modest budget. Everything just looks a little cheap. You cut too many corners and it takes all of the punch out of those sequences. I also struggled with suspension of disbelief, as things got more and more ridiculous as the plot progressed. Gerard Butler does his best to make it all work, but despite my soft spot for King Leonidas, ultimately this film is only a step or two above the straight-to-DVD geezer feature schlock that actors like Bruce Willis/Nicolas Cage have churned out late in their careers (no disrespect, I wouldn't turn down easy paychecks either).

Surprisingly pulpy action thriller. Far better than it could have been. Nice to see a King Leonidas & Luke Cage tag team. This one's for the adults in the room that enjoy 80s action movies w a side of cheese. 7.0

Plane is plain. But why Mike where would you live on that island.

An action movie as simple as its silly title, with Gerard Butler definitely given over to the daddy-hero subgenre. It begins with a lukewarm plane crash and with bad visual effects, but it's when it embraces its status as a nonsensical action movie that it achieves the best moments, especially as it takes on its own profile as a film that borrows from late-'80s action movies. Little or nothing has a minimal explanation, but it doesn't matter either, although the direction of Jean-François Richet sometimes plays too much with the tilted camera and faulty shots.

They thought they could make SIN-NRT with an MD-80, this is just one of the many exaggerations of this movie. The action overall was trite and improbable, making this film completely missable.

You have to hand it to Gerard Butler: He always approaches his B-action films with complete sincerity. Combined with his everyman quality, this often results in his characters being likeable and sympathetic. On top of that, unlike Liam Neeson, for example, you also take him seriously in the action sequences. In the questionably titled "Plane", these qualities once again shine through. This time, Butler plays a pilot who, after an emergency landing on an island in the Philippines, has to defend his crew and passengers against a horde of local baddies. None of this is surprising or particularly original, but it is thoroughly entertaining. And that is more than enough for a recommendation for this kind of film, in my opinion.

it took the world to see Bruce Willis has dementia to realise some of the roles he did he simply shouldn't have. Apart from the MONEY I do not know why Gerard Butler is so type casting himself into this sweaty middle aged hero type. I hope he wakes up and shows us some real character acting, he can even afford to let loose to truly act in a meaningful role. The whole of Plane is exactly the same as EVERY other movie he has done. I would rather watch a more meaningful movie from the past than go through this movie again. NOT WORTHY OF YOUR TIME.

Not a superhero in sight, just dudes living in the moment, fucking other dudes up.

Pulpy, corny, cheesy. File this movie under the dictionary definition of a B-tier action movie.
Outside of the somewhat contemporary, PMC-laden main plot, this is the most by the numbers action movie I've seen for a long, long time. But that's not to say it's bad. It's perfect Sunday afternoon fodder to turn your brain off to, even if it's as predictable as they come and follows all the same beats you've seen before. All the tropes are here, including a big finale shoot-out and buckets of blood to match. Tune in, tune out and enjoy the simplicity of this dumb, loud movie.

Rated a Connor 5, normal 6

I cared more for the Plane in Plane than Superman in Batman v Superman

A kind of production where you could tell they put in great effort. It's the kind of story where it's unpredictable enough to keep you entranced, enough action to keep you entertained, and the lack of any twists or turns keep it fresh enough to be original. This movie is good, not great, not terrible, not "just okay", it is GOOD! It's the type of movie you want to see at the end of an extremely long day, something you don't have to think about, something you can pick up at absolutely any point in the movie and know what's going on. A 6/10 in quality, but a 9/10 in production

The reviewers on this site are some how more picky than critics lol. This movie was quite thrilling and old school. The kind of action thriller the 90’s would have gave us.
Gerald Butler got the most credit by the positive Rottem Tomatoes reviews. As a pilot trying to save his plane and passengers when they land on enemy territory. Mike Colter (Evil, Luke Cage) shows that he can easily be a bad ass action hero as well.
The only thing bad about Mike’s character is that we don’t really learn enough about him. Other than he killed someone and was a prisoner on the plane. With him of course Butler’s best hope to get away.

I saw this film with low expectations for a few reasons: the ridiculous title, the fact that it is a January release, and the initial trailer. Suffice it to say, but I was pleasantly surprised. The film is entertaining. It lives up to the B-movie action flick that the trailer encapsulates. There’s a few shots in particular: a fight scene that was filmed in mostly one take, and several kill shots in the third act that are just pure R rated fun. This isn’t a perfect movie, but it is far from a rotten tomato.

If you were at all interested from the trailer, you should go and check this out.

7/10 - entertaining action, some terrible CGI, some scenes were unnecessary to the story.

I'm a big Gerard Butler fan so I was going to go see this regardless. The story is easy to follow and believable. The action was good and what you would expect from this type of movie. Will this win any awards? No. Was it fun to watch? Yes. Overall it's a really good B movie.

The captain looks like he slept under a bridge,
The airline was called trail blazer, There's only about 15 passengers on the jet, a waste of fuel.
And they don't even upgrade anybody to first class so they don't have to sit in the economy section with a DANGEROUS MURDERER ?

Yeah, they were really reaching in your wallet for this one , but it wasn't a horrible movie.

The time seems to fly by watching it.

Bonnie was eye candy, strange that she kept the passenger list in her bra, made me wish MY name was on it.