Plane

We were delighted to previously screen this film but we have no current plans to screen it again. If you'd like to watch it in the cinema, consider a private hire to watch it with friends. That does rely on the film being available for private purchase.

Film details

Film TitlePlane
Suitability
Genre
Length107mins
Year2023
CountryUnited Kingdom, United States
DirectorJean-François Richet
ActorsGerard Butler, Mike Colter, Tony Goldwyn
LanguageEnglish, Tagalog
Showings

A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he’s forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.

This is just the kind of tosh you want it to be. Brisk, easy, brutish. It has explosions, punch-ups, shoot-outs and more than one bit where someone gets smacked in the face with a big hammer. How much more could you reasonably ask? It’s a blast.

Plane plays things resolutely old school, from the electronic score zee-yowing away in the background to the script’s pub quiz sprinklings of pilot jargon, and above all the cartoonish brutality of its violent set-pieces.

It may be big, brawling and somewhat inelegant in approach, but this Gerard Butler vehicle is an aviation fuel-powered good time.