Flight of the Phoenix

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Flight of the Phoenix

PG-13,

2004,

1h 52m,

Adventure/

Action/

Drama

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30%

117 Reviews

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40%

50,000+ Ratings

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117 Reviews

40%

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50,000+ Ratings

On a flight over the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, Capt. Frank Towns (Dennis Quaid) and co-pilot A.J. (Tyrese Gibson) are unable to keep their cargo plane in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter (Giovanni Ribisi) -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add greater urgency to their task.

Critics Consensus

What this update lacks in tension, it makes up for with generic action.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 24, 2010

4/5

Exciting (but intense) adventure for older kids.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Dec 27, 2004

2.5/4

Sure, it's a bit of a mess, but it's an entertaining mess, and even if it does fly off a cliff towards the end I still can't exactly complain about being burned.

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Mark Holcomb

Village Voice

Dec 21, 2004

By film's end the adventure appears less a matter of base survival than a beach barbecue gone slightly sour.

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Mark Steyn

The Spectator

Feb 2, 2018

John Moore decided the time was ripe for a new Phoenix, so he sawed the old movie in two, rewrote one half and tries to get it to take off.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Apr 18, 2009

C-

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.

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Aug 7, 2008

2/5

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Luke R

Nov 8, 2018

This film was almost good.

Rey M

Jun 17, 2018

Although not as good as the character driven original, it's not bad for a library rental on a Sunday afternoon. The language isn't bad, the whole story of rising against your obstacles is admirable, and the can-do message of the story is certainly one to keep in mind these days. I thought they could have done better to plug some of the plot holes, (working on a metal airplane during the heat of the desert, coming across gun runners and not using their things) but it's easy to not analyze the story too critically and just pop the popcorn and enjoy.

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Ron R

Feb 11, 2018

The original with Stewart is superior, though I tend to like Quaid.

Rey G

Nov 22, 2017

Boring, anticlimactic and predictable. Honestly I dont even remember what happened throughout this movie. Lots of standing and talking about boring events with boring characters. This movie is an easy skip.

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Finn S

Oct 3, 2017

Its good movie to watch

Draco R

Aug 14, 2017

An average movie compared to the Classic Flight of the Phoenix - I actually got up and walked out of the theatre and went and saw another movie that had just started, that's why I give this movie *1 & 1/2* stars!

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John Moore

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Dennis Quaid

Frank Towns

Giovanni Ribisi

Elliott

Tyrese Gibson

A.J.

Miranda Otto

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Synopsis

On a flight over the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, Capt. Frank Towns (Dennis Quaid) and co-pilot A.J. (Tyrese Gibson) are unable to keep their cargo plane in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter (Giovanni Ribisi) -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add greater urgency to their task.

Director: John Moore
Producer: William Aldrich, Alex Blum, John Davis, Wyck Godfrey
Screenwriter: Scott Frank, Edward Burns
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Namibia Film Commission, Optional Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Davis Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Action|Violence)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 22, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.0M
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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