(2017) Directed by Elliott Lester Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Scoot McNairy, Maggie GraceRating: ******
3/6
This later Arnie vehicle Is based on true events That began back in 2002 With an accident immense. A midair collision With a large cargo plane And a rapidly approaching Passenger plane Lit up the skies Over Germany. Many folks lost Their families, Including a Russian man Named Vitaly. This event shook him Quite abruptly. His wife and daughters Were on that aircraft. Now he could only Remember them laugh. An airline controller Made a mistake While his coworker took A coffee break. The phone lines were down, So he was distracted, And as a result Two aircraft impacted. Vitaly spent a year And grieved Until he decided To do a misdeed. He tracked down the man Who had made the error, And perforated him To allow in more air. The story is An interesting one. Would the filmmakers Make their film a good one? Arnie plays Roman, Based on Vitaly’s character. He works in construction While his family travels by air. He goes to the airport To greet them cheerily, Only to discover Something eerie. He’s told in private That his kin Are outside of the plane, Not in, And the plane itself Has fallen down, And is strewn elsewhere On the ground.
Roman lets it sink Into his head And wakes up in A hospital bed. A few days later He takes a drive All the way To the wreckage site. He volunteers To help collect The passengers’ personal Objects. This he does Until he finds His daughter’s necklace Just in time To lead him to Her intact corpse. He then has a breakdown, Of course. This interesting story Is not very well told. The pacing is lethargic, The direction cold. The acting is good, Especially Arnie’s, But we’re used to seeing him As a one-man army. In straight drama, Though he’s very good, We’re not getting the adrenaline We feel we should. It’s a movie you can Entirely skip. You won’t be missing The drama one bit. This should have been better, But it is what it is. It gets a three Out of six.
