A pilot saves passengers from a lightning strike, but rebels take them hostage. He teams up with an accused murderer to rescue them.
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Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island - only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. In order to rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare's help, and will learn there's more to Gaspare than meets the eye.
"We can almost say that Gerard Butler is a genre of its own: the type of actor classified in the same type of action movies with plots that border on the absurd, but are very successful. 'Plane' is a good example of this: the plot sees Butler as a pilot who saves his passengers from a forced landing, but that's just the beginning of an odyssey involving rebels, kidnappings and a mysterious ally (Mike Colter). A critical situation, frantic action and not much logic. In other words, more of the same. If you like traditional action movies or Butler films like 'Invasion to the Secret Service' or 'Final Destruction', you will like it. If you are looking for something more meaningful, it's better to move on."