Flight

I love to travel all over the world. See new places, meet new people, and experience things you may never see close to your own home. I have no big problems flying long flights, since i feel pretty relaxed going up in the air. I am aware that things can go wrong, but there is no need to think about that. Then you will be too worried enjoying your trip. When it comes to flying captains, they have to feel a lot of responsibility, to make sure all passengers feel safe. So what do you do as a pilot, when you managed to land a plane during a crash ? Do you just go on living life, or is there a darker side to the story. Legendary director Robert Zemeckis tries to give us an example, of what life is like behind a pilot. Denzel Washington is praised worldwide for his portrait in this movie as a pilot with problems. Is mr Zemeckis latest film his best in many years, or unfortunately a big let down ?

Airline captain William "Whip" Whitaker ( Denzel Washington ) have some serious alcohol problems. Not only that, he also use drugs. As he is getting ready to fly the 9 morning SothJet flight to Atlanta, he tries to stay awake. As the flight take off, the weather condition is really bad. William manage to go through the stormy clouds, as the plane is safe. William tell the passangers everything is stable, as he takes a big vodka juice bottle to the cockpit. As he wakes up, the plane is having some big problems. He manage to get some control over the plane, but need to crash land in a field area. William wakes up in a hospital, where he is notified he saved most passengers lives, except for 6 people. He is considered a hero to most, but when rumours comes out about his abuse problems, his image is not going in the right direction.

After some different genre turns, Robert Zemeckis is back on track with this heavy drama, with a smooth story line. Denzel Washington is absolutely fantastic as the alcohol addicted pilot, who does not seem to care about life. You know that Denzel won´t let you down, and in this case he really shines as pilot William, this is real acting. But hold on, we have more quality acting to mention, like Nicole ( Kelly Rilley ), absolutely loved her in Eden Lake, if you have not seen that movie, just go out there and rent it, no excuses. Here in Flight, Kelly Rilley does a very honest portrait of a female drug abuser, who lost her hope along the way. Another interesting detail about Flight is the different perspective of what is right or wrong ? Is William a hero, even if he have been drinking, or should he be punished legally for this accident ? You have to make your own decision, but Flight gives you a interesting look in to a broken man´s soul. A little bit slow at some moments, but still this is really good. Flight will hopefully win something at The Academy Awards in a few weeks, a motion picture of this quality deserves all the praise it can get.

Rating: DDDD