Sadly Over-hyped

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

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

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

Another winner of a motion picture is the Oliver Stone Production of "Flight 93". It is directed by Oliver Stone and and stars Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Tom Burnett, Todd Beamer, Deena Burnett, Mark Bingham, Lisa Jefferson, Jeremy Glick, Lyz Glick, Elizabeth Wainio, Ziad Jarrah, Esther Heyman, Lauren Grandcolas, CeeCee Lyoes, Alice Hoglan, Melodie Homer and Leroy Homer. It is the true life adventure of the misfits who hijacked the United Flight 93 and took it down to crash land in a rural area of Pennsylvania. It is currently available on NetFlix Instant Download Streaming and I gave it an eight star rating for its excellent depiction of the tragic and heroic story. Dale Haufrect

I have viewed Flight 93 a number of times and even though it may be a 'downer' it portrayed a real event effectively and with dignity. It may have been a low budgeted TV film, yet the film makers, actors and crew spent their resources and talents very well. Also, notable mentioned should be given to the music composer Velton Ray Bunch. What a simple yet powerful score! The background vocals and instrumentation evoked sympathy for the pain felt by the passengers, families, the Verizon employees and the movie viewer. Flight 93 illustrates how less can be more. This movie was truly a powerful and memorable experience. Try to view Flight 93 on its own merit and not in comparison with other films on the same subject and you may appreciate it more for its real value.

If one is good at suspending disbelief, "Flight 93" is a mildly entertaining piece of drama, along the lines of a typical 'Lifetime' TV movie. The unforgivable sham is that they would make a cheesy TV movie about a subject like this. As a documentary, this is pure lies and propaganda. Cell phone calls at 3,000 feet? Impossible! Don't people realize this?? Only now, in 2010 are the airlines beginning to install the equipment to make this possible. Perhaps Flight 93 was a magic plane, because there were no cell phone calls reported coming from the other three planes that were hijacked that day. People need to think, and it is frightening how many people will believe anything that they hear on television, or from their crooked government. I realize this is a movie site so I will review the film.first off, those endless, obnoxious scenes of children playing, crying, laughing, running, hugging; I haven't seen an example of such shameless propaganda since the newsreels from Nazi Germany! Did every single passenger on that plane have a litter of children? In one hilarious scene a man phones his wife (ON A CELLPHONE FROM AN AIRPLANE NO LESS) and she is there with three other women, and EACH WOMAN IS BOUNCING A BABY ON HER LAP! The thing that worried me most about this film is that the USA is going to have a population problem soon, if every American has an average of 8 kids! But the most unforgivable thing about this mess is the way the terrorists were portrayed. They are given no character development, and absolutely no attempt was made to even offer a basic explanation of their reasoning, of their philosophy, of the way they view religion and their beliefs of the afterlife. The entire film focused on a bunch of Americans calling their families and saying goodbye. Sorry but, can't people see that, although those people might have been good, fine citizens with families, they are not very interesting? The most interesting characters on that plane were the terrorists, and the only thing we got to learn about these guys is that: A: they are sexy, and B: they like to wear red Rambo bandannas! Shame on all involved, and mostly on the United States Government that is JUST AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 9/11 INCIDENT as Al'Quaida, with their lapse, lazy security and their failure to handle a disaster of this proportion. If America is the richest, most powerful nation on Earth, as they are fond of saying, then where is all the money going?? certainly not towards protecting its own land. For those thinking people who are interested in the subject, see "United 93," a professionally-made film that leaves out the melodrama, and presents the hard facts, while giving at least some insight to the mindset of Islamic Extremists, (and please remember that these extremists only account for about 10 percent of the Islamic World, as the majority of Muslims are deeply saddened and ashamed by these violent events.)Lastly, this ridiculous film perpetuates the myth that the passengers of Flight 93 were heroes. Do people actually believe that these people, in their last moments on Earth, were thinking, "Well, were gonna die anyway, so lets save the White House!?" I wasn't on that plane, but it doesn't take a genius to realize that they were doing the most natural thing in the World; they were trying to survive, to save their asses. I don't think that saving the White House entered the mind of even one person on that plane. These people were not saints; they were just ordinary people, falsely portrayed as heroes to boost the US morale and get Americans "bloodthirsty" for revenge. "Flight 93?" See "Snakes On a Plane" instead; it's better fiction, and not so offensive...

Firstly I really enjoyed the beginning of this film. I thought the tension of boarding the flight was built up really realistically. Maybe someone can clarify this, but I thought maybe all the phone calls were actually the real conversations that the families had on 9/11. I do remember the line 'you do believe me don't you?' on the loose change documentary. I thought there were bits of bad acting, very bad music at the end (reminded me of 'Titanic') and it was too soppy for my liking. I do however think that when you know you're going to die, you are liable to become over sentimental or say things you would normally not. Someone mentioned that they didn't like the one-dimensional portrayal of the hijackers, but to be honest I don't think the terrorists would have shown much of themselves whilst on the plane. They were to carry out a job involving killing themselves and many others, letting themselves be seen for who they are would be a weakness that could have ruined their mission. Wasn't a bad Movie, but I wouldn't watch it again or recommend it to my friends.