'Flight' Movie Reviews: Denzel Washington Gives a Powerful Performance
Critics say Denzel Washington soars in the new Robert Zemeckis movie.
“Flight” is the second movie in which Denzel Washington puts on a uniform and picks up a bottle. This time, though, he’s not working for the Pentagon as he was in “Courage Under Fire.” Instead, he’s an alcoholic commercial airline pilot named Whip Whitaker. After ingesting booze and cocaine and then taking the controls of an airplane, he crash lands the airplane through a storm safely in a field, saving all but a few of the passengers on board. Director Robert Zemeckis (who brought us the “Back to the Future” movies, as well as "Forrest Gump" and "Cast Away," with another airplane crash) jolts us with a realistic plane crash, but the real horror unfolds as we plunge into the life of an addict. Other cast membes include: Tamara Tunie as …
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Stephen L. Rush
5:55 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
The movie takes 'Flight' in the beginning with astounding graphics and portrayal by a great cast of actors, and then takes a nosedive right into social commentary for the rest of the film. It starts with full frontal nudity on the part of a stewardess that aims to please, as if the audience needs a reason to see Denzel join AA. Then, just like the NTSB description of how the captain dealt with … more ›