Flightplan

The alternations between reality and illusion could have been intriguing but the filmmaker doesn't want to go on that track at all.

It's always a bad sign in a thriller when the big reveal is greeted by hoots of derisive laughter.

A disposable B-movie without much excitement or ingenuity.

[Foster's] such a valuable commodity that I wish she'd spend her time making better movies.

We're starkly reminded that there's nothing quite so fickle as paranoia, and that some people are never more persuasive than when they're out of their minds.

Fans of action flicks will lap this up, but for those expecting an adult thriller, the 11th-hour diversion into unexpected territory is unwelcome turbulence, marring what, up until then, had been a slick, smooth and extremely enjoyable ride.

Has there been an abduction, or is this a figment of a rattled mind? Nothing becomes clear until late in the film, by which time you should be fully gripped by this bizarre mystery.

Sets up its premise quickly, then simply has nowhere to go.

As with many modern thrillers the actual plot, once it comes to light, is highly implausible, there are a few too many turns towards the end and the climax errs towards the anti-climatic. That being said, it's well put together and entertainingly moody.