Altitude (2011)
An enjoyable tale of five young people trapped on a private plane at 20,000 feet.
Despite being populated by typical stereotypes - the comic book geek, the bad tempered jock type, the mild mannered girl you know will save the day, none of this seemed to matter even if some of the stereotypes ran the gamut from likable to f*cking irritating and often in the same scene.
For a film set in the confines of a small plane it's remarkably well filmed with some impressive camera work not to mention some good CGI of the plane in flight.
The film has some fine sequences of tension, but has some daft set pieces which for some reason work for me. The more ludicrous the situation the more enjoyment i gained from it. Second time of watching last night and i'd totally forgotten the unexpected finale which worked very well.
All told Altitude is a flawed but largely very good example of what you can do with confined low budget horror.
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