leaper8757 Reviews

Phone Booth (2002)

SAW for the thinking man

[9/10 · 28 October 2011]

Without giving too much away, this film has parallels with the SAW series of movies, in that it deals with people owning up and taking responsibility for their actions. Where it differs is that it doesn't rely on gratuitous gore to get the message across and hold the audience's interest. Instead, it is a taut, tense psychological thriller that draws you in and holds you. The confines of the phone booth which constitute almost the entire setting would at first seem to make for a dull movie, but in fact it adds to the atmosphere to the extent that it almost becomes another character in the story. When it comes to movies, I am pretty easy to please. I am content to check my brain at the door for a couple of hours and be entertained. But I am very hard to impress. Sometimes, I like a good movie that will make me think, and make me want to watch it again. This movie impressed me.

Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 (1993 TV Movie)

Moving true story, with enough of the Hollywood touch to keep viewers hooked

[10/10 · 17 January 2006]

As a Scott Bakula fan, I approached this film with high hopes, and I was not disappointed.

Brilliantly acted, most notably by both Bakula and Loggia who portrayed the growing rapport between the two protagonists very sensitively and realistically.

Having said that, the supporting cast were also well cast, from the main characters such as the wife and the fellow pilot, to minor roles like the boys in the Flight Control booth.

It was funny, it was tense, it had me on the edge of my seat and it had me in tears. It was wonderful.

I highly recommend it.