46 reviews
Impressive
This movie is worth watching. You will forget about popcorn. I didn't notice how 2 hours had passed. It impressed me more than Revenant. It made me cry a few times. It is very deep and dramatic. Kozlovsky is not just very handsome, but also a talented actor! You totally believe everything he does. The movie combines both Russian drama traditions and modern action. The plot concerns not just a catastrophe, but also important issues like family values, human dignity and courage. Bright, colorful, emotional, interesting to watch. Inspired by the 1979 Soviet film Air Crew, it was the second catastrophe film shot in the Russian Federation. The film was shot in digital 3D IMAX camera and become the second Russian film shot using this equipment after Stalingrad (2013) by Fedor Bondarchuk. The filming took place in Moscow, Moscow region and in the Crimean peninsula. In the peninsula they filmed on as the earthquake-prone island volcano in the Indian Ocean. The crew has shot the flight scenes in two planes: The Tupolev Tu-204SM (RA-64151 board) and decommissioned Tupolev Tu-154 of Kosmos Airlines (RA-85796 board).
- olgalatayeva
- May 2, 2016
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Not Too Shabby
I must say I quite enjoyed this film .. although the English dubbing left a lot to be desired .. I think subtitles would have been better ....... lot's of good effects and some quite good 'edge of your seat' moments.
- euronick61
- Nov 16, 2021
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You Passed
- nogodnomasters
- Dec 30, 2017
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There comes a time for everyone to prove their worth.
The Russian disaster film, partially inspired by the 1980 film of the same name. One of the film to do good business outside the domestic market, particularly in Japan and China. So there are lots of great stuff about it, from filmmaking to the box office and I enjoyed watching it, but did not like it as overwhelmingly. That does not mean it is overrated, but I liked it less, that's all.
It is set to tell the story of life of pilots, their personal life, such as trouble with romance, family issues and tackling obstacles in their professional line, especially when they were needed the most. So in the first half it was all about drama, an introduction to what comes in the latter half. A pilot father struggling with his troublesome teen son. And another pilot who got fired from the Russian air force, now in a private airline where he meets a woman, but having a difficulty to stabilise the relationship.
When the second half begins, the narration completely flips. Like it is a different film, particularly brings attention to the action- adventure fans. Fate brings them all together in a plane and they decide to evacuate people who are stranded in an airport near the Alaskan region island when it was hit by volcanoes and a series of earth quicks. The remaining is to reveal the heroic acts by the pilots and Co.
"He's a pilot gifted by God. My hands are only hands, his hands are wings. I have never seen anyone like this before."
Visually, it was good. All those crucial parts of the graphics were rendered neatly. Even the stunt sequences were composed so well. But some of them were unrealistic. That's very common, even for a Hollywood film, so I think it's not a big deal. My issue was the film length. It was over two hours long and I did not like much of the first part. The next half was quite good, because of its thriller. When I thought it's over, the narration surprised with another adventure followed by in the final segment.
Like usual this Russian film too has been built on the corruption plot. Not the whole film, but in the initial stage. The influenced people who target the honest employees for going against them. Really a good theme, but when the disaster part takes over, everything will be forgotten. Then it gets edgy, so that's where you will forget the time and sit straight to enjoy it. If you had seen plenty of similar heroic films, then it will be another okayish type. If not, you will have a good time with it.
It took an hour to get into action-adventure, but in those times, it failed to build the romance part to its best. I'm disappointed with that since it had fine actors and situation to build on. The Father- son duo looked much better. In the second half, nothing of these sentimentally appealed as it should have been, not for me. Because it became more a heroic type with sacrifice than family and relationship influence. So overall it's a good attempt, a nice film for the weekend watch.
7/10
It is set to tell the story of life of pilots, their personal life, such as trouble with romance, family issues and tackling obstacles in their professional line, especially when they were needed the most. So in the first half it was all about drama, an introduction to what comes in the latter half. A pilot father struggling with his troublesome teen son. And another pilot who got fired from the Russian air force, now in a private airline where he meets a woman, but having a difficulty to stabilise the relationship.
When the second half begins, the narration completely flips. Like it is a different film, particularly brings attention to the action- adventure fans. Fate brings them all together in a plane and they decide to evacuate people who are stranded in an airport near the Alaskan region island when it was hit by volcanoes and a series of earth quicks. The remaining is to reveal the heroic acts by the pilots and Co.
"He's a pilot gifted by God. My hands are only hands, his hands are wings. I have never seen anyone like this before."
Visually, it was good. All those crucial parts of the graphics were rendered neatly. Even the stunt sequences were composed so well. But some of them were unrealistic. That's very common, even for a Hollywood film, so I think it's not a big deal. My issue was the film length. It was over two hours long and I did not like much of the first part. The next half was quite good, because of its thriller. When I thought it's over, the narration surprised with another adventure followed by in the final segment.
Like usual this Russian film too has been built on the corruption plot. Not the whole film, but in the initial stage. The influenced people who target the honest employees for going against them. Really a good theme, but when the disaster part takes over, everything will be forgotten. Then it gets edgy, so that's where you will forget the time and sit straight to enjoy it. If you had seen plenty of similar heroic films, then it will be another okayish type. If not, you will have a good time with it.
It took an hour to get into action-adventure, but in those times, it failed to build the romance part to its best. I'm disappointed with that since it had fine actors and situation to build on. The Father- son duo looked much better. In the second half, nothing of these sentimentally appealed as it should have been, not for me. Because it became more a heroic type with sacrifice than family and relationship influence. So overall it's a good attempt, a nice film for the weekend watch.
7/10
- Reno-Rangan
- Dec 13, 2016
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Incredible action adventure.
Wow, what an incredible action adventure disaster film! The film has three very definite acts: the first is the introduction of the characters, and is interesting in its own right as we get to know the very likable characters. The second act is just complete mayhem. My goodness, it was awesome, as the film took us on a very unexpected turn. There are earthquakes, a volcanic eruption, incredible destruction scenes, runways collapsing, people running for their lives! The third is essentially a rescue operation, as the crew and passengers must overcome obstacle upon obstacle in mid-air between two aircraft. Wow, wow, wow, if you're a disaster movie fan and not entertained by this, I honestly don't know what would!
- paulclaassen
- Jun 9, 2018
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An impressive thriller
This movie was a surprise for me. I knew that Russian cinema is good, but I have never seen a Russian movie with complicated special effects, and I was very pleasantly surprised. Without going into the details of the plot, this is a movie that has a mix of issues that are usually dealt with separately, and here they are interconnected. A love relationship, two separate son-father relationships (between Alex, the main character and his father, as well as between Alex's boss and his son), adventure and even satire on the way workplace relationships are handled in Russia, as well as a basic human desire to help fellow humans and be brave, all are smartly combined to produce a very satisfying movie that keeps you in continuous suspense. The special effects are impressive and would not shame a Hollywood movie. Highly recommended.
Fun exciting action, when they get to it, makes up for the bad dubbing and Cliché characters
Ok this filmed is filled with Cliché characters, bad dubbing and rather unrealistic . But if you can get passed all that, and understand this is a foreign made film streaming on Netflix and keep your expectations accordingly. When the action finally starts ramping up. It's a fun, exciting, on the edge of your seat action film. I actually enjoyed it.
- sunlightsix
- Nov 7, 2021
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Excellent Must Watch Movie
I love this awesome movie. It covers the various complexity of human relationships in a wonderful emotional and action packed manner. Great acting by every single actor. A brilliant experience.
- pulkitthejust
- Sep 15, 2018
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Fun disaster movie
Rubbish
Rubbish unrealistic movie where the writer must have been a 10 year old, without any knowledge of physics, aviation rules and human relations. Absolute rubbish. Its possible to watch as a comedy or parody with a stretch.
Unexpected
- trollytyiler
- Jul 30, 2019
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A hell of a ride
Thrilling action, although not very probable (and realistic?). Nicely developed relationships between family, lovers and colleagues with a crush, although partly a bit cliché in the end. Good portion of humor and good acting. Impressing cinematography and effects. Overall entertaining.
- denis-23791
- Feb 27, 2021
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Really disappointed with this aborted Sharknado.
A Pretty Good Russian Disaster Movie
The Movie itself is pretty good on how it's made. It's build up really well throughout by introducing the characters and the struggles they have in their lives. The story is standard for a disaster movie goes and isn't the best told. There's a couple of side plots that goes on what you expected like the romance plotline and the relationship between a father and his son. The characters are build up pretty well in this movie. When it gets to the disaster scenes that's when the movie becomes suspenseful. It shows the danger the characters are in like a active volcano and flowing lava towards them. The special effects are done really well in this movie and looks somewhat realistic. Later in the movie there's a scene that I don't even know if it's possible to do in real life and is extremely dangerous to do it.
Overall I have fun watching this movie.
Overall I have fun watching this movie.
- HorrorDisasterGuy-90617
- Apr 23, 2023
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excellent movie
- pandzicelvedin
- Oct 10, 2016
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Incredibly beautiful movie!!!!
- sauravjoshi85
- Apr 6, 2019
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It's watchable and not the worst movie made.
I felt it was an intense disaster movie. Obviously unrealistic and factually incorrect.
Put that all aside and the movie didn't not feel rushed and was paced well. Worth a watch!
Put that all aside and the movie didn't not feel rushed and was paced well. Worth a watch!
- tazeemali-79202
- Oct 5, 2021
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Best action movie ever!
Leave it to the Russians to put Hollywood to shame. Great story. Great action. Appreciated finally watching a movie with my family with no nudity or foul language.
- tlctutor2000
- Apr 13, 2019
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Airplane! (RU version)
This movie tries to be serious, but to me it was absolutely hilarious. Like trying to combine Airplane! , Die Hard, Indiana Jones, and few others thrown in for good measure. Combine that with some good looking (but not that good at acting!) actors and actresses, and you've got yourself one of the most un-credible movies ever made.
But on the other hand I think the movie put itself into the Guinness Book for a truly crazy script, completely outrageous.
If you're asking yourself whether its worth watching it overall, even as comedy, then I'm afraid the answer is no...I could think of many other bad movies that might appear like masterpieces next to this.
2/10, only because I know if I vote 1/10
If you're asking yourself whether its worth watching it overall, even as comedy, then I'm afraid the answer is no...I could think of many other bad movies that might appear like masterpieces next to this.
2/10, only because I know if I vote 1/10
Great
This film is essentially a remake of the famous Soviet film "The crew" with a very similar plot about the rescue by the crew of an aircraft injured from a volcanic island on which a volcano is erupting.
If we compared this film with the origin, the new one looks, of course, more colorful, it has a lot of great special effects. The plot is slightly changed. It concerns the relationship between the crew of the aircraft, their personal stories. It hasn't the line with the child of one of the crew members. It has only two good storylines - these are the lines of the pilots, the aircraft commander and the second pilot.
As for acting, it doesn't raise any questions. All the actors who play there, do your job well, especially the duo of actors who play the roles of pilots - Vladimir Mashkov and Danila Kozlovsky.
In general, this film is very, very decent, really looks good, you can watch it in one breath. You are really worried about the pilots, the crew, the passengers. I can recommend it for viewing.
If we compared this film with the origin, the new one looks, of course, more colorful, it has a lot of great special effects. The plot is slightly changed. It concerns the relationship between the crew of the aircraft, their personal stories. It hasn't the line with the child of one of the crew members. It has only two good storylines - these are the lines of the pilots, the aircraft commander and the second pilot.
As for acting, it doesn't raise any questions. All the actors who play there, do your job well, especially the duo of actors who play the roles of pilots - Vladimir Mashkov and Danila Kozlovsky.
In general, this film is very, very decent, really looks good, you can watch it in one breath. You are really worried about the pilots, the crew, the passengers. I can recommend it for viewing.
Must watch movie....
Awesome movie ....a salute to the director of this movie....never ending thrill and adventure is there in this movie...team work and dedication can do anything .... brilliant direction and visual effects....must watch an awesome movie
- vivektiwarihero
- May 16, 2019
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Hilarious
Flight Crew is a Russian disaster movie in which a flight crew gets stuck in an island and needs to get out of there. This is an awful movie. There's barely any redeeming quality to this movie. The directing is horrendous, with really weird stylistic choices and no sense of progression. This is one of the worst edited movies ever. There is so many awful transitions between scenes that baffled me. The acting is really bad. But it was really entertaining and hilarious. Not in the way the filmmakers expected. The main characters make horrible decisions and they are not believable at all. The final shot is so memorable that I was baffled at how anybody could see this and think that is OK. The story is clichéd and boring. The character's logic doesn't make any sense. This is a very entertaining movie to watch since you laugh at the stupidity of the movie. It was a very boring but also hilarious experience. 1/10
- christian-larson
- Dec 7, 2017
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream!
Some of the best grand scale fiery destruction scenes I've seen. Wow! I found myself screaming at the screen in amazement. Great acting! Some of the subtitles read off- maybe incorrectly translated but for the most part an awesome movie. I think the second Pilot's name is Sasha. They changed it to Sandra for American audiences. Why? The film does slow a bit but still a Great Throw-back Airport/Airplane vs Nature Adventure. Loved it!
- xetaprime-64257
- May 23, 2019
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Bombastic and implausible
Inspiring story of male heroism and ingenuity
Inspiring story of male heroism and ingenuity to overcome a cascade of catastrophes. Fantastic special effects that look real. Impossible to imagine this movie being made in the U.S. of 2018. Russia has attitudes of male heroism that are no longer publicly acceptable in the U.S.
- contact-562-20249
- Mar 26, 2019
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