Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler), is a recently widowed dad who looks forward to completing his nearly empty run from Singapore to Tokyo so he can take advantage of the time difference and meet up with his daughter in Hawaii in time to celebrate the new year. In the new film “Plane” things do not go as planned as the nearly empty the flight also hosts a prisoner transfer as a dangerous fugitive named…

I was pleasantly surprised by Plane. Going into it, I had pretty low expectations as it seemed to be a cheap, action flick that was built for the dad's in our life. But there were some pretty good performances, set pieces, and brutal action that raised this movie from mediocrity. The plot is incredibly bare bones: a plane gets damaged in a storm and crash lands on a desolate island. We've seen this used in…

May contain an odd spoiler “Plane” has a Scottish Pilot, Brodie Torrance ( Gerard Butler ) intent on getting his passengers to their destination in time to meet up with his daughter during the New Year festivities. However all does not go to plan when bad weather puts paid to any such activities and prematurely forces Brodie to make an emergency landing. During the attempt to land an FBI agent escorting a…

OK, where is Jason Statham? He does these things so much better! Maybe he was off having an haircut so they decided to cast a distinctly wooden Gerard Butler as airline captain "Torrance" who is charged with flying his plane from Singapore to Tokyo before he heads on to his daughter's wedding in the USA. There aren't many passengers on his airliner, so to save cash and fuel he is directed to fly very near a violent…