Flight of the Phoenix

I must be in a big Dennis Quaid mood lately because I have been loving everything he is in.

While there weren't many twists in this movie it kept me on edge. Elliot (Ribisi) plays this annoying man who thinks that he is the only one who is indispensable. Really? Is he? I didn't like him from the beginning, with his "it's-a-long-story" reasoning for being where he was.

Back to the plot: A oil field is shut down; forcing Frank (Quaid) and A.J. (Gibson) to fly everyone home. The mission goes bad when the plane gets caught in a sand storm and is taken down; landing in the middle of the desert, with no radio, and no hope or survival.

Survivors begin constructing a new plane. Between cheering on the survivors and wondering what is going to happen next you find yourself becoming annoyed with Elliot's power trip and all you want is for someone to punch him!

In the end the, do the survivors build the plane and get the heck out of there with out any trouble from desert nomads? Watch and see.

Expert Says: 5 Stars; good for the family; suspenseful; entertaining.