Flight of the Phoenix

2004 113 min ★ 6.0 Action, Adventure, Drama

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.

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Cast

Dennis Quaid

Frank Towns

Tyrese Gibson

AJ

Giovanni Ribisi

Elliott

Miranda Otto

Kelly

Tony Curran

Rodney

Sticky Fingaz

Jeremy

Jacob Vargas

Sammi

Hugh Laurie

Ian

Scott Michael Campbell

Liddle

Kevork Malikyan

Rady

Details

Director

John Moore

Screenplay

Edward Burns

Tagline

"Out of the ashes, hope will rise."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$45,000,000

Revenue

$21,009,180

Production

Optional Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Aldrich Group, 20th Century Fox

Reviews

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drystyx

April 18, 2023

★ 2/10

This could be one of those "so bad it's good" movies some day. It's a remake of the classic film about men in a hopeless situation when their small plane crashes in the desert. Hope comes back when one of the men reveals he can make an airplane, and the others believe him. In such a story, the subplots and side stories make the story. Here, the subplots and side stories are cartoonish and contri...

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CinemaSerf

September 4, 2023

★ 5/10

I think to be fair to this reimagining of the story, it tries to be different from the 1965 version. They shift the location and update the dialogue and up to a point that gives it a fighting chance. A plane gets caught up in a sandstorm over the Gobi desert and crashes. It falls to the survivors to work out a plan before the water runs out. Sadly, though, aside from the efforts from Giovanni Ribi...

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Narate

December 11, 2024

★ 4/10

_"The design is perfect, the only flaw is that we have to rely on you to fly it."_ I grew up always seeing the poster but never watching this. Now that I have seen it, I can see why. It is a little boring and just not that interesting. Something tells me the original must be the one that has all the flavor.