What does most successful action
movies has in common? They all have a strong start, gripping midsection (thanks
to the start) and a heavily predictable ending. Non-Stop fits the same formula but
it works like a charm like some old medicine that cures sneezing over and over
again. We all know what were gonna get but amused by it like it’s the first
time we see it. It’s all because we are hungry for silver screen heroes and we
are starving to see them succeed no matter how young or old they are. In Non-Stop
Liam Neeson the 61 year old yet going strong action star does his job right
once again and we the fans are amused.
Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) is an
Air Marshal with a history which he is not very satisfied about. On a flight
seems to be routine and nothing suspicious things become very strange when he receives
some unsettling text messages from someone aboard the flight demanding for
ransom. And suddenly Bill is left to seek for this terrorist who threatens to
bring down the flight alone while the other passengers and the world left to
believe that Bill is running the whole show hijacking the plane. Bill is having
too much on his plate as you can see. And he has to gulp them all and survive a
bad stomachache.
The plot of Non-Stop is far-fetched.
There is no amusement there since no action movie was ever practical in real
world. Not even the first 10 minutes. The challenge for the director (In this
case of Jaume Collet-Serras) is to make the viewers believe that all this can
happen. In Non-Stop so much has being quite successful. Well that’s until everything
is ruined by trying to explain what was going on all this time and then it
becomes a soup. And then comes the landing part. I don’t think I have to
explain it further because we all have seeing ample jumbo jets land practically
almost anywhere.
But the good thing is when the
director decides to ruin it, it has almost reached its ending. So as fans we
can be happy that at least the majority of the time we were enjoying it without
needing to worry too much about who’s the bad guy etc etc. Coz the plot is
entertaining and the events are rolled out quite excitingly. I have to admit
that for a movie that almost entire thing takes places inside a boring air
craft and no shots fired till the very end it’s very good.
Genre: Action
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
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