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Flight of the Phoenix

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6.0/10 • 886

2004-12-171h 53m

ActionAdventureDrama

Out of the ashes, hope will rise.

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.

Directors
John Moore
Editors
Don Zimmerman

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  1. Dennis Quaid

    Dennis Quaid

    Frank Towns

  2. Tyrese Gibson

    Tyrese Gibson

    AJ

  3. Giovanni Ribisi

    Giovanni Ribisi

    Elliott

  4. Miranda Otto

    Miranda Otto

    Kelly

  5. Tony Curran

    Tony Curran

    Rodney

  6. Sticky Fingaz

    Sticky Fingaz

    Jeremy

  7. Jacob Vargas

    Jacob Vargas

    Sammi

  8. Hugh Laurie

    Hugh Laurie

    Ian

  9. Scott Michael Campbell

    Scott Michael Campbell

    Liddle

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drystyx

Apr 18, 2023

2/10

This could be one of those "so bad it's good" movies some day. It's a remake of the classic film about men in a hopeless situation when their small plane crashes in the desert. Hope comes back when one of the men reveals he can make an airplane, and the others believe him. In such a story, the subplots and side stories make the story. Here, the subplots and side stories are cartoonish and contrived. The characters are totally without motivation. One can almost see the actors wince about being part of such a horribly written story. In fact, one almost wonders if it was written for the purpose of some day being a "so bad it's good" story. I'm not sure. There really isn't any charm to this movie, no inspiration, no motivation, and that might be too bad to even make the "so bad it's good" list.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$45,000,000.00
Revenue
$21,009,180.00
Keywords
robberybased on novel or booksandstormaffectationpilotgobi desertmongoliasurvivaldisasterairplane crashstruggle for survivaldesertbased on movieoil rig desert storminspirationalsmugglerscargo planecrash survivorabsurdadmiringadoringappreciativeawestruckbaffled