Tag movie common sense media9/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() There wasn't any character build-up, and I still am confused why those terroists wanted the poeple's passports. The plot was simple enough, and the characters were okay to watch. This movie knew what it was doing alright. If anything, it just flowed smoothly with nothing to really look foward to the end except a happy ending. We had the plane crash, people taking hostage, and the final gun showdown moment. This movie just happened on its own pace with no build up. But for this movie, it never had a build up to the final moment. It's starts out introducing the main characters, and then we get into the nice action moments. This movie uses the same formula for every action flick. I had little emotions for this movie even though I enjoy action films (if it's done right). But besides that, I felt very impassive toward this movie. I think the most tense moments where when someone had a gun to their head, and the final take off moment with the plane. And let me just say, it had my interest through some of the movie but other times it was losing my interest. So when going into this movie, I was mainly going in mainly for the action than who was playing in it. Gerald Butler is known for playiny in action flick movies, and the last movie I saw him in (Angel Has Fallen) he didn't make much of an impression on me. He soon realizes that the island he's landed on is Jolo, a remote area of the Philippines ruled by heavily armed anti-government militias. ![]() Anyway, this movie struggles to actually make it worth watching, but it does keep some of your interest throughout the movie!Ĭommercial pilot Brodie Torrance makes a successful emergency landing after his plane sustains critical damage from a storm. I remember seeing some trialers for this, and thinking it was another sruvival story, but after reading the plot it was a bit off. This movie is just another action-flick movie with nothing up its sleeve to make it more interesting or shocking or even actually worth watching. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. Darker-skinned, Southeast Asian-presenting actors are cast as criminals, while lighter, more East Asian-presenting actors are cast as "good guys." And Black characters are coded as heroic but violent. While characters demonstrate courage and teamwork, there are troubling aspects to how the film's non-White characters are represented. Language is strong, too, with use of "f-k," "s-t," "goddamn," and more. Expect many intense scenes with violence and blood, death, and peril, including a plane crash, kidnapping, torture, and weapons (guns are used to kill people). Gerard Butler plays pilot Brodie Torrance, who teams up with a convicted felon with a military past, Louis Gaspare ( Mike Colter), to save a plane's passengers from dangerous separatists in the Philippines. Parents need to know that Plane is an action film with strong violence, language, and problematic depictions of diverse communities. Bonnie does speak, but her characterization is limited to being calm under pressure and efficient despite serious pressure. But the majority of these characters have few to no lines. Other racially diverse characters are present, including chief flight attendant Bonnie (Daniella Pineda, a Mexican American actress). Black characters are also below the White hero on the importance scale, and while Louis (Mike Colter) is heroic, he's also associated with violence, as is the leader (Remi Adeleke) of the mercenaries who help the passengers escape. And the main East Asian character, co-pilot Dele (Yoson An), is competent and capable, but is presented as a sidekick of sorts to the White Captain Torrance (Gerard Butler). Meanwhile, many of the "good" East Asian characters still suffer, including those amid the stranded passengers who are sacrificed to garner sympathy for the others. The criminals' leader, Junmar (Evan Dane Taylor, who's Filipino American, African American and Native American), is one of the darkest of the Asian characters in the film. And colorism is also in play, signaling which characters are "good" and "evil": Criminal characters are darker-skinned, while heroic Asian characters are lighter-skinned and present as more East Asian than Southeast Asian. The cast includes prominent Asian characters, but the Philippines is portrayed as crime-ridden and rife with ineffectual law enforcement. ![]()
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