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Movie: Flightplan
Director: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan
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Jodie Foster takes time to choose her film projects. Though she popped up in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's French film Un long dimanche de fiançailles in 2004, her last leading role was in David Fincher's thriller Panic Room in 2002. And now, three years later, my favorite actress returns. Panic Room and the thriller Flightplan have one thing in common; the story takes place in a single contained environment. This time, the interior of a modern jet, the E-474, is being used as playground for Foster's character in Flightplan.
The story in a nutshell:
The daughter of Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster) turns up missing without a trace during a trans-atlantic flight. The frantic mother uses every source to find her daughter but in the end the flight crew refuses to help. Why is her daughter missing? Is it all part of a conspiracy or does Kyle suffer from temporarily insanity?
Films that take place in one environment always fascinate me. Panic Room, Die Hard, Red Eye and Executive Decision are a few movies with the same concept. The fictional E-474 jumbo jet offers the perfect claustrophobic setting for Flightplan. The inventive sets, lighting and cinematography are very well done and it keeps the same location varied. Fligthplan slowly but nicely explores the emotional journey of a mother losing her child and Jodie Foster is the perfect choice to play this troubled character. The German director Robert Schwentke makes his Hollywood debut with the film. His awardwinning flicks Tattoo and The Family Jewels have put the director on the map. Flightplan, Schwentke's first American outing results in an okay thriller with predictable twists but thanks to Jodie Foster absolutely worth to give it a shot.
Written by Reggy 29/09/05
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