Flight 7500, this is not the kind of movie you purchase but instead is worthy of one-time viewing via either On Demand or rental though for a lazy Saturday night flick, it’s still not half-bad. Again, it’s not very good but just passable enough for a wishy-washy recommendation.
Flight 7500
(2014)
Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller, Supernatural, Horror
Lionsgate | PG13 – 80 min. – $19.98 | April 12, 2016
Date Published: 04/10/2016 | Author: The Movieman
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THE MOVIE – 3.0/5 |
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Flight 7500 was supposed to be released theatrically in 2012 to the point there were apparently trailers attached to other movies. However, after much delay, CBS Films, distributed by Lionsgate, quietly have released it to video on demand and DVD and although the movie isn’t anything great, I found it to be mostly entertaining if not at times ridiculous and a nonsensical ending. On a flight from L.A. to Tokyo, we follow a handful of characters, getting glimpses of their personal lives and eventually their perspectives when the s*** hits the fan. Laura (LESLIE BIBB) and Suzy (JAMIE CHUNG) are two flight attendants dealing with their own personal lives with Laura carrying on an affair with the pilot (JOHNATHON SCHAECH); Brad (RYAN KWANTEN) and Pia (AMY SMART) are a couple whose marriage is at its end; while Rick (JERRY FERRARA) and Liz (NICKY WHELAN) marriage is just beginning, though its already at a rocky start; Jacinta (SCOUT TAYLOR-COMPTON) is a Goth girl with a sun-filled viewpoint on life and death; and poor Lance Morrell is our mystery man who suddenly dies, after which, freaky things begin to occur. First things first, Flight 7500 isn’t a very good movie and it’s not hard to see why it had a difficult time finding a distributor but for all that’s wrong with the film, such as some illogical moments especially at the end, not to mention the dreaded and terrible jump scare, I would be lying if I didn’t say I was moderately entertained. There were a few characters who weren’t terribly likeable, one was a thief and another an obnoxious b*tch, yet there were others that I could at least care about, so I did care about some of the stakes. The film was directed by Takashi Shimizu, best known for helming both the original and remake of The Grudge and its apparent the same themes run throughout 7500 that has in many J-horror flicks. It was written by Craig Rosenberg who previously scribed After the Sunset and The Uninvited, the latter another supernatural thriller that I’ve come to kind of like over the years after initially dismissing it. As for Flight 7500, this is not the kind of movie you purchase but instead is worthy of one-time viewing via either On Demand or rental though for a lazy Saturday night flick, it’s still not half-bad. Again, it’s not very good but just passable enough for a wishy-washy recommendation. |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 1.0/5 |
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The release comes with a matted slip cover and inside is a redemption code for the Digital copy (Standard Definition). The only feature is Inside Flight 7500 (4:39) making-of featurette. Previews – Backtrack, The Last Exorcism Part 2, Knock Knock, Z for Zachariah, The DUFF, Maggie |
VIDEO – 4.0/5 | AUDIO – 3.5/5
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| Flight 7500 takes off on DVD presented with a 1.78 widescreen anamorphic aspect ratio which looks fine though a fair part of the film is dark. The supplied Dolby Digital 5.1 track isn’t anything special but effective enough if not also uneven with the LFE channel kicking in to shake the floor while the ending the levels seemed a bit too low. |
OVERALL – 2.5/5 |
| Overall, Flight 7500, this is not the kind of movie you purchase but instead is worthy of one-time viewing via either On Demand or rental though for a lazy Saturday night flick, it’s still not half-bad. Again, it’s not very good but just passable enough for a wishy-washy recommendation. |
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