Black Box

Original title: Boîte noire

2021
2h 9m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

16K

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Drama Mystery Thriller

A young and talented black box analyst is on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand new aircraft.A young and talented black box analyst is on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand new aircraft.A young and talented black box analyst is on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand new aircraft.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

16K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations

Trivia
There are two kinds of black boxes in modern planes: the FDR (Flight Data Recorder) which record instructions sent to the electronic systems on an aircraft and the CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) which records all audio in the flight deck, i.e. ambient noises and pilot discussions. The movie focuses the whole time on the CVR.

Goofs
During the entire movie, Mathieu drives a Peugeot 3008 II. However, in the night scene where he drives to Pollock's house, there are two shots of his car taking a corner. In the first shot, showing the front of the car, it is the Peugeot 3008 II. In the next shot, showing the back of the car, it has inexplicably changed to a Nissan Qashqai II.

Connections
Features Burn Out (2017)

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Good mystery drama and thriller

Greetings from Lithuania.

I really enjoyed "Black Box" (2021) for its being a good mystery thriller. The premise was solid as well as storytelling. It worked as a good mystery story, and i liked the ending and revelation.

Acting was solid especially by a lead man. Directing and especially editing was on spot because storytelling was pretty fast paced and intense considering that this movie at its run time 2 h 5 min. Is basically a drama - there isn't really any action in here. And at those 2 h and 5 min i was really involved and engaged in a story until the very end.

Overall, "Black Box" is a solid mystery, detective drama with a bit of a unique premise - set in a aviation world. Recommended.