Flight 7500 (2014)

Perfect cast and a good story

A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

EDIT: I write my review before the movie was done and it was an interesting story and my questions were answered once I got to the end. The story copied a real life incident and although the movie had problems, it was not bad.. Original post: My biggest problem is after two incidents of severe turbulence, a passengers death, the near death of more due to loss of cabin pressure...and the pilots just continue to their long term destination in Tokyo instead of detouring to the nearest airport. I know it is a movie but you got to have a sense of realism. Oh and not to mention they are in a 747 which carriers like 300 passengers but there seems to be only 2 flight attendants and 10 passengers in first class and a few in another section. Movie had potential though!!

As a horror fan, I did of course take the chance to sit down and watch "Flight 7500" when I was given the chance. However, I had no prior knowledge of the movie, it's storyline and synopsis, and didn't know who starred in the movie. But that hardly mattered, because it was my interest in the horror genre that spurred my interest to give the movie a chance without any prior knowledge."Flight 7500" started out quite nicely and quickly picked up a good pace, which set the atmosphere and the mood quite nicely, and it also set the bar of expectations fairly high for me. And luckily then the movie maintained that level of pace, thrill and mystery all the way to the very end.The character gallery in the movie was actually quite good, there was a wide array of different types of characters; some you connect with, some you instantly take a liking to, some you just dislike right away, and so forth. So writer Craig Rosenberg had managed to do a good job with the characters in the story.To bring the characters to life on the screen they had assembled a fairly good ensemble of acting talents. For me, there were only a couple of familiar faces on the cast list, that being Leslie Bibb and Jamie Chung. And I do enjoy watching new faces in a movie, because then I don't have any subconscious associations to other characters portrayed by the performers. And I will say that the cast ensemble here really performed quite well and were great at bringing their individual characters to life on the screen.Writer Craig Rosenberg and director Takashi Shimizu were actually very successful in their endeavor of making a movie that keeps the audience in the dark and keeps the plot and storyline as a mystery. I enjoyed how you were kept in the dark and really didn't know what was going on, so you were every bit as on edge and terrified as the characters in the movie were. And that really worked out so very well in favor of the movie and it set a fabulous atmosphere.Actually I will say that "Flight 7500" sort of feels like it could be a part of the "Twilight Zone" universe, because it definitely has that vibe and atmosphere going on. So if you enjoyed "Twilight Zone" then you will most definitely also find enjoyment in "Flight 7500".It was nice how the audience was kept in the dark and having to guess and speculate about what was happening about the flight, and I found the reveal of the actual events to actually be rather interesting. I hadn't foreseen that turn of events, so it was a nice surprise for me.The ending of the movie, meh... It was just a bit too generic and really didn't bring any closure to the entire movie. But all in all, a very entertaining horror mystery, and I can warmly recommend that you take the time to sit down and watch "Flight 7500" if you haven't already seen it.

You know, after viewing this film in its entirety last night, I couldn't help but wonder why I'd acquired it in the first place. Firstly, it's rated PG-13. Because I tend to go for the more over-the-top, horrific kinds of flicks like "A Serbian Film", "Slaughtered Vomit Dolls" and "Melanchole der Engel", I'm flabbergasted about why I got this one. It had been sitting, unwatched, in my collection for months. I'm guessing that I downloaded it by accident in my quest for something entirely different. Its acquisition, then, was a mistake.The movie had a few good bits; I won't lie. The good bits? The cast were easy on the eyes, that's for sure. Their acting skills? Meh. It is what it is - a horror film. Nothing Oscar-worthy here. Had this film been released "Sixth Sense" it would've been seen as a masterpiece despite its flaws. Consequently, this turns out to be just another "you're a ghost, so die already" movie. (That's the major spoiler, but I did check the spoiler box above). You know, any film that references William Shatner's "Twilight Zone" episode can't be all that bad. The film makers get two points for that.

if you're thinking of watching don't.. The Grudge, A Japanese remake in it's original form was barely watchable, but just.. At least "Snakes On A Plane" didn't even try to take itself seriously..Americans should leave horror films to the French.. "Frontier", Le Horde", "Inside", Martyrs', although not French.. "Eden Lake" What's even more interesting is that American horror filmmakers don't appear to watch great French horror, or if they do watch.. and still make awful films .. Then it would be painfully obvious that these people should never make another film, of any kind.. Even if you're the type that is skeptical of bad reviews.. trust me .. 4.9 is way over the top generous.. Okay so it's not 7500 reasons not to watch, but left you with plenty..