Excellent, smart action film.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

One big thing I read about in other's reviews was a lack of "ending", clearly they didn't feel the need to stick through the credits because that's where the intriguing closure comes in to play! This was not a big budget blockbuster shot in Hollywood. It was an independent film, shot in Dallas. Once that fact is understood the quality of this production truly shines. Eric Vale (writer/producer) and Brad Osbourne (director) worked together to create this awesome thriller! I can't wait until the redistribution with all the extras comes out on DVD. The acting is not to be under-rated. The location is supposed to show only what the characters see and not give away spoilers to the audience. That to me is personally what makes this movie special.

All of you reviewers have no clue do you? First of all this is one of the best movies made for such a low budget. Most of the acting is good and it kept our interest to the end.Spoiler Alert : OK so we finished watching the movie and we ALWAYS watch thru the credits to see them to the end and the projector shuts off etc. What apparently NONE of you did was listen to the credits and when they were done rolling guess what? : What came from my theater setup was amazing! From one side to another side of the room was plane noise roaring ! And get this : A quick sound of tires hitting the ground for a normal touch down and safe landing (but was very brief!!) There you go! So next time before ranting and raving about no ending, sit thru the credits before you conclude your movie viewing time! Lesson Learned!!

Why such a low score? That's what any story or film without an ending or dramatic resolution deserves. The 2 for the actor's over acting efforts to salvage a plot that was so convoluted and absurd it defied description. I find it hard to believe any producer would waste money making this.Basically, a few people wake up on a 727 jetliner and have no idea how they got there. They find out its part of a survival test in case of attack on the USA.In the end we go though everyone's life story to pad out this joke of a plot only to have the film suddenly end on the money pitch...I mean it just ends right amidst the climax with a brief written statement how the operation was covered up.Had the writer developed this into a Twighlight Zone style story it might have worked...But don't waste your time on Chariot.

I'm going to keep this very short and to the point. A missing 727 plane goes missing and resurfaces for something called Project Chariot where 191 people were to be boarded on a plane and taken to safety. Things go wrong when only seven people are aboard this plane for a 'dry run' of the project. Now, up until the ending I thought this was a decent movie (which is I gave it 3 stars instead of just one.) I enjoyed the suspense, the drama and the different personalities along with certain unexpected situations. So, in the end (I did check that this has major spoilers by the way) they find out it was all a hoax and that the 727 plane wasn't stolen but refitted for Chariot but when the pilots die and the project is deemed a failure the commanding officer keeps it classified by faking a terrorist attack, blocking communications and letting fighter jets blow them out of the sky. Well, at the last second of this movie, right when you're faced with the moment of truth; will these civies land the plane or will they be blown away, it cuts to black and you're faced with text that basically says what happens to the plane is a mystery.If that is not the most bullshit, cop-out of a cheap ending I have ever seen... I was so disappointed I actually made an IMDb account just so I can bitch. I mean, this ending is so bad the movie might as well have been called "Flight Disappointment." I don't know what else to say about this movie except don't watch it. I mean what? Did they buy one too many coffees and just suddenly run out of budget to make a proper ending so they hired some college undergrad who's an intern as a graphics artist to put text on a black screen? I bet they paid for his services in pocket lint and life savers (if they could afford the lint.)