Tedfoldol
everything you have heard about this movie is true.
ChicDragon
It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Tyreece Hulme
One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
schoolkid19-1
In my last review I defended Flight 93 and didn't praise this great movie. I probably will go off and defend it again, but focus on the movie. I personally thought this movie was better than United 93. The acting in this movie was better and it focused on the people Tom Burnett, Todd Beamer, Jeremy Glick, Louis Nacke II, Mark Bingham, Lauren Grandcolas, Elizabeth Wainio, and CeeCee Lyles. In United 93 I had no idea who was who. The reanactment of the revolt was intense and well done. Unlike United 93, this movie showed the devestating crash, and the families heartbreaking reactions. The score for this movie was also better. Now am going to defend the Flight 93 story. Airfones were installed in Flight 93, and you can sometimes make cell phone calls from planes. Cell Phone calls just interfere with the radar. Family memebers also confirmed the calls from Flight 93. Flight 93 was not shot down either. Cockpit Voice Recorder picked up the sounds of the passengers trying to get in and the hijackers say, "Roll the plane! Put it down!" And the plane seen above the crash site was a cooperate jet ordered to locate Flight 93 when it disapeared from radar. Many witnesses say the plane intact in its final moments. If you want the official story read Jere Longman's Among the Heros. Overall Flight 93 is a great movie ( ignore the low IMDb). Be prepared to cry.
revere-7
Flight 93Last month, in recognition of the 8th anniversary of 9/11, I reviewed the film United 93. As good as that film is, it's not the only movie about that fateful flight, nor in my opinion, is it the best.These days it seems that the best crews are actually working in television, and the made for TV movie Flight 93, a joint production of A&E and FOX is a good example. It tells the exact same story as United 93 taken from the same sources, and also told in a dramatic narrative style, but with a bit more impact. It's a shame that far fewer people have actually seen this TV version of the story.As I've said, both are good "films", but Flight 93, which is technically not a film because it was shot on HD Video instead of 35mm Film like United 93, has more dynamic camera work. Perhaps it's the size difference between the film camera and the HD camera, but even though both were shot primarily hand held, the angles, tight shots and pans are more daring and interesting in Flight. Additionally creative choices and edits were a bit sharper with Flight. For example, within the first few minutes of the film we know the names of the hijackers, and most of the key passengers, thanks to the great idea to include a series of tight shots on the boarding passes as passengers boarded the plane.Flight 93 also includes lots of details throughout that weren't shown in United 93, including some that were perhaps whitewashed from United (whether this was intentional to avoid controversy, lawsuit, for creative reasons, or to lionize all the innocents, or just an accident of choice in the editing room, it still has an impact) for example, the fact that the pilots of the commercial aircraft had received a warning against possible cockpit intrusion, but chose to open the door anyway.While none of these little things – a shot here, a detail there – makes much of a difference on it's own, taken together, they add up to a more dramatic story.If you're the type that views only movies shot on film as "quality", and eschew anything video – yeah, you'll probably like United 93 better. But if you can enjoy HD video just as much (and with a story this engaging, how couldn't you?) I'd recommend Flight 93 between the two.
pawebster
This film seems to be unfairly regarded as the poor relation, just because it was made for TV. If so, it's snobbery. Flight 93 focuses much more on the humanity of the event, on the passengers and their families. This gives us the chance to empathize with them and feel for them as they meet their fate.United 93 focuses more on the technical aspects. It fails to distinguish the passengers from each other and does not name them. I know this was done at the request of the families, so as not to single anyone out (not that this stopped the film makers from unjustly stigmatizing the German passenger as a wimp!).I admit that Flight 93 perhaps goes too far in its depiction of endless phone calls. We wondered when the passengers were ever going to find time to take on the hijackers!
hobblegott
It was proved shortly after 9/11 that flight 93 landed and was evacuated to a NASA base and the supposed crash site had no debris from a commercial jet, no bodies, even the coroner was quoted as saying, "I stopped being coroner after 20 minutes. Til this day I've not seen one drop of blood. Not one." Your government lied about the entire 9/11 tragedy. In the courts of ancient Greece it was asked, "Who Stands To Gain?" or "Who Profits?" Study the facts and see who really stood to gain from 9/11! WWW.INFOWARS.COM WWW.PRISONPLANET.COM The Government needed a crisis to convince the people to willingly give up their liberty in exchange for safety. Now the painful facts are in. The dark forces of global government are funding, training and protecting terrorist networks worldwide. "911: The Road to Tyranny" documents the ruthless history of governments orchestrating terrorist attacks against their own people to scare them into total submission. In this brutal expose you will witness the birth of a global police state that surpasses Orwell's nightmarish vision. It's all here: the history of government-sponsored terrorism, the modern implementation of fear-based control and, most frightening of all, the New World Order's future plans. This is one film you cannot afford to ignore. The future of free people everywhere is at stake.