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Planeis a movie for your lizard brain the part of you that craves basic sensations.
The part that expresses itself in grunts.
The part that wants to paw anxiously at a theater screen while muttering Plane…
This is a good thing.
This is a time-honored throw in in American movies.
This, of course, adds to our affection.
When hes onscreen, it’s possible for you to taste the stale coffee and the flop sweat.
He lost his spot at the fancier airlines, we learn, after punching out an abusive passenger.
Much ofPlanedoes not actually take place on a plane, but theres little cause for alarm.
The events on the ground maintain the basic, brute pleasures of the initial premise.
Torrance finds himself in the rare situation when having a murderer as a companion may come in handy.
How on earth are these people going to survive this ordeal?
Will Gaspare abandon Torrance and the others?
How will anyone get off this island with their head still attached to their neck?
Not in a down-and-dirty actioner calledPlane.
Baddies are plugged with machine-gun rounds so powerful their corpses bounce off cars.
Theres at least one spectacular instance of vehicular assault.
Its okay to enjoy this stuff when its done with such an honest desire to entertain.
The violence is visceral and presented with just enough authenticity to make you quiver.
The context, however, is unreal enough that you dont have to think too hard about it.
You werent supposed to be thinking anyway.
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