Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 116
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 81
What this update lacks in tension, it makes up for with generic action.
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 24
What this update lacks in tension, it makes up for with generic action.
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Based on a novel by Elleston Trevor, director John Moore's The Flight of the Phoenix is a remake of a 1965 film of the same name starring film icon James Stewart. The story revolves around the plight of Captain Frank Towns (Dennis Quaid), a pilot whose C-119 cargo plane full of oil workers could not withstand the violent winds of a desert sandstorm. Stranded in the harsh terrain of Mongolia's Gobi Desert (a departure from the original, in which the plane crashed in the Sahara), Frank and his
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Cast
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Dennis Quaid
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Giovanni Ribisi
Elliott -
Miranda Otto
Kelly -
Tony Curran
Rodney -
Derek Barton
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Bobby Brown
Kyle -
Hugh Laurie
Ian -
Kevork Malikyan
Rady -
Jacob Vargas
Sammi -
Jim Lau
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Scott Michael Campbell
Liddle -
Jared Padalecki
Davis -
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Lead Smuggler -
Paul Ditchfield
Dr. Gerber -
Martin "Mako" Hindy
Newman -
Yi-Ding Wang
Smuggler #2 -
Kee-Yick Cheng
Smuggler #3 -
Vernon Lehmann
Smuggler #4 -
Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jone...
Jeremy
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All Critics (131) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (82) | DVD (28)
By film's end the adventure appears less a matter of base survival than a beach barbecue gone slightly sour.
Top CriticThe wonderful character actors in the original ... are succeeded by a fairly anonymous bunch.
Other than Dennis Quaid, none of these characters leaves so much as a footprint in the sand. We don't know them. We don't care about them.
This is high-carb filmmaking at its finest.
This time out, there's not much out there to look at besides sand, and even it doesn't look real.
Exciting (but intense) adventure for older kids.
Remake of Robert Aldrich's revered 1965 classic would be 15% better if not for its abysmal use of pop music, and 100% better if Aldrich's son William had never thought to ride on his father's coattails by producing it in the first place.
This is one flight that never quite gets off the ground.
Entertaining, but brainless, popcorn fun.
Audience Reviews for Flight of the Phoenix
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- Capt. Frank Towns: No one else dies!
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- Elliott: I'm glad you finally see the light, Mr. Towns.
- Capt. Frank Towns: Let's get one thing strait: I'm not taking orders from you.
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- Elliott: Everyone here is dispensable except me.
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- Capt. Frank Towns: I'd do anything to avoid another 'hopes and dreams' speech.
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- AJ: I don't suppose there's a four-seasons hotel out here.
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- AJ: Checklist?
- Capt. Frank Towns: Go ahead, buddy.
- AJ: Seatbelts?
- Capt. Frank Towns: I always like to have a little something strapped to my lap. Check.
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- El vuelo del fénix (ES)
