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Flightplan (2005)
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Movie Review by AJ 
April 14th, 2006
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Flightplan in my household is better known as The Movie That Kept Serenity from #1 in the BDM's Opening Week of Release, While It Was Already in Its Second. Still, I thought I'd approach this with an open mind. Didn't help. All Whedon-clobbering aside, Flightplan is a remarkably unsuspenseful thriller which hits its peak during the opening credits. I've never thought too highly of Jodie Foster (except for in The Silence of the Lambs), and her average work here doesn't really help to change that. More disappointing is the fact that the talented Peter Sarsgaard looks stoned and mumbles most of his lines; his performance bears all the hallmarks of an actor phoning it in except for, y'know, he was actually onset. Director Schwentke never lets the tension build, and when we realize what little tension there is leads to an utterly boring climactic twist, all the air is let out of its tiny little Ziplock bag of anxiety. Flightplan is never truly bad enough to crash and burn, but it hits turbulence early on and never recovers.
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