Plane makes it clear that it isn’t reaching for new heights but it doesn’t wing it either, delivering perfectly acceptable entertainment.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 6, 2025

Part Con Air, part Lost, this is the ultimate Gerard Butler blockbuster - and despite being a disaster movie, it is soothingly unscary.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2024

But those who are willing to overlook these missteps in favour of the themes on redemption and perseverance, as well as the confident filmmaking on display, will find themselves greatly rewarded by the film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2024

It’s just a solid throwback action thriller that feels like a relic from a bygone era, for all its flaws.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 12, 2024

"Plane" doesn't look like much in its trailers, but the film manages to be a decent popcorn thriller.

| Jul 25, 2023

Butler + Plane = Awesome

| Jul 25, 2023

Plane is a straightforward movie with very few twists to offer, but the trick to making it engaging lies in its execution. Richet hasn’t made a ton of features, but he’s been in the game long enough to carry out a firm-handed and well-paced effort.

| Jul 25, 2023

Nobody’s going to declare Plane a classic, but between Richet’s visual acumen and Butler doing admirable diligence to a character who’s in over his head... it’s an enjoyable, fast-paced and surprisingly engaging diversion.

| Jul 12, 2023

Plane is predictable, and its production values are serviceable, but Gerard Butler is comfortably entertaining from beginning to end.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 5, 2023

Plane offers a sometimes breathless, white-knuckle ride that should particularly appeal to those raised on mid-’90s actioners like Con Air, Air Force One and Sudden Death.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 24, 2023

This is pure popcorn entertainment that delivers on nasty-minded action and heroic temperaments that won’t insult your brain cells when you opt to cheer on the unfolding physicality.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 18, 2023

A big part of the fun of Plane - and Plane is a lot of fun - is the way it rapidly cycles through genres fast enough to touch on all the good stuff without ever making it too obvious that we've seen it all before.

| May 17, 2023

The plot is hardly innovative -- and some of its more outlandish elements really stretch credibility -- but this is still a gripping enough thriller, boosted by the entertaining lead performances.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 18, 2023

Overlook the forced sentimentality and Plane manages to be a taut thriller with a balance of action, blood, shooting, and heroics that seem plausible. You won’t feel silly cheering or cringing and the popcorn will sit satisfied in your belly.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 18, 2023

Solid and enjoyable filmmaking that knows its limits. No overflowing passenger lists, no shoehorned subplots, it does exactly what it says on the tin, and then some. Truly, "redemption can be found in the most unusual places."

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 18, 2023

…Plane is a straight-up, no-nonsense, gritty action flick that delivers plentiful thrills and spills…

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 13, 2023

Gerard Butler has that Nicolas Cage thing of not phoning in a performance, he's so magnetic in these movies.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 24, 2023

If you like well-made action flicks that don’t need a sequel setup, it’s money well spent. Butler knows what he's doing, and Colter excels in a role with a few layers.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 19, 2023

It's a dumb but entertaining film.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 14, 2023

A film that will be remembered as "that plane movie with Gerard Butler". [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 14, 2023