Flight of the Phoenix

Comparing this new version to the original would be comparing a farm horse to a thoroughbred from the Kentucky Derby. This version has new actors filling the shoes of established characters, and yet none have the quality to hold the story... Full review

An instantly forgettable - a film that rewards no one with renewed viewings. I got the impression no one cared about this film - certainly not the actors and all the tech stuff was thrown away . So how do... Full review

Here's just a few things that make no sense...1. They fly out of a mine site in Mongolia (Gobi desert - frozen high altitude wastelands). But they crash in a hot sandy desert that looks pretty much like the Sahara... Full review

I'm not saying that I didn't get caught up in this a bit, but then I searched my memory for the original, which cam out when I was pretty young. It starred Jimmy Stewart, who was a good deal more... Full review

In the original movie Hardy Kruger commented to Jimmy Stewart something to the effect that "the only thing outstanding about you is your stupidity". Interestingly enough in the remake, stupidity seems be the only thing that "outstanding".I have been on... Full review

Almost 40 years after the original the 2005 version shows how much the world has changed. To start off with there is a woman passenger in this film unlike the original where the only female was an exotic Arabian dancer... Full review

I've not seen the original, before you ask, but I do know of it, and quite frankly I'm sick fed up of remakes. Yet there was something that attracted me to this story, the cast was one. A nice multi-national... Full review

This remake of the 1960's Flight of the Phoenix is very unsatisfying. The character development is not as rich as the the James Stewart version. Dennis Quaid simply did not portray the depth of emotion that James Stewart did in... Full review

I have the greatest respect for producers and directors. Regardless of the quality of their work, they must struggle to bring their personal vision to film, and this requires intelligence, technical proficiency, artistic sense, and the skill of a great storyteller.... Full review

"Flight of the Phoenix" is at best a so-so remake of the fine Robert Aldrich adventure classic from1965. The plot in both films is fairly simple and straightforward. After a plane crash lands in the Gobi Desert, the survivors hit... Full review

Review by Louise Keller: A boys own adventure that relies on its exotic setting rather than credible storyline, Flight of the Phoenix fails to take flight due to a mindless script and uninspiring direction. Teenage boys may enjoy this adventure on some level, but for the rest of us, it is more interesting to read about the origins of the Phoenix, a mythical bird that lives forever. ... Full Review

A boys own adventure that relies on its exotic setting rather than credible storyline, Flight of the Phoenix fails to take flight due to a mindless script and uninspiring direction. Teenage boys may enjoy this adventure on some level, but for the rest of us, it is more interesting to read about the origins of the Phoenix, a mythical bird that lives forever. ... Full Review

Flight of the Phoenix is an interesting film that stars Dennis Quaid at this best.....The next scenes in the film are extremely slow....Many people gave this film mixed reviews and I will be one of the first to say it is certainly not a great film.....At times the action is a little slow.... ... Full Review

is only a little reminiscent of another air disaster movie, Alive....its cast had eaten each other as well.... ... Full Review

I'm glad I waited for DVD, because this disc offers up a hell of a presentation-particularly in the audio department-and it ain't a half bad B-flick actioner, perfect for the rumbling home-theater experience. It's not a perfect film, by any means. ... Full Review

By Matt Thompson "Twilight" ... in animation ... with a different ending? Now that's certainly original. You need to watch this clip that just went live on HowItShouldHaveEnded.com , a site that pokes fun at "questionable" movie endings by morphing... ... Full Article

Until his Oscar-nominated turn as Johnny Cash in "I Walk the Line," when he played guitar and sang. "That opened the door for me with music." ... Full Article

A small desert rig searching for oil, managed by Kelly (Miranda Otto), is forcibly shut down and a cargo plane is sent to pick them up, to fly them to Beijing and beyond, across the Gobi desert. ... Full Article

The Horsemen , starring Dennis Quaid and Ziyi Zhang, focuses on a recently widowed detective that discovers startling connections between himself and suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. ... Full Article

Synopsis: A plane carrying oil workers and the flight crew crashes in the Gobi desert. The only hope for survival is to build a new plane out of the remnants of the crashed plane before their water runs out. ... Full Article

Why do movie studios continue to insist on making movies based on video games?Probably because there's more money in it than you might think. ... Full Article