Plane - Movie Review

Plane Review

Jeremy Jahns gives Plane three stars, calling it a fun throwback to ’80s and ’90s action movies.

Gerard Butler plays a capable, considerate airline pilot whose plane is forced down on an island controlled by a militia. He teams up with a prisoner, played by Mike Colter, to protect the surviving passengers and escape.

Jahns likes how the movie gives its characters clear roles: Butler is the steady leader, while Colter is the more formidable action hero. The passengers mostly serve as frightened hostages, and the militia’s leader is a generic rather than memorable villain. A few plot beats feel rushed, but the movie embraces its cheesy premise and old-school action flavor instead of pretending to be something more serious.

Jahns jokes that Plane feels like a ’90s movie whose script was found decades later. He imagines Arnold Schwarzenegger and Wesley Snipes starring in a 1997 version.

Closing Rant

The review ends with a nostalgic rant about the notoriously stressful underwater bomb level in the NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, which Jahns blames for a generation’s anxiety.

Personalities Mentioned

Jeremy Jahns, Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Wesley Snipes.