One thing you can say about Gerard Butler he has certainly found his comfort zone. And these days it s rare to see the 53-year-old Scotsman step outside of it. Much like Liam Neeson, Butler has settled into making easy to digest action-heavy thrillers. To his credit, his movies tend to come with a slightly higher budget, with Butler often serving as his own co-producer.
NEW YORK (OSV News) Grown fans of Gerard Butler and of the action genre may find director Jean-François Richet s aviation adventure Plane (Lionsgate) appealing in some respects. But they should be aware that the gunplay to which much of his hard-edged film s running time is devoted ultimately ratchets up the mayhem from nasty to gruesome.
Butler stars as veteran airline captain Brodie Torrance. After lightning strikes his plane, disabling its electronics, Torrance finds that crash-landing
The villains of the 2022 holiday season were the airlines, so it’s an apt moment for the Gerard Butler action vehicle “Plane” to take flight. The inciting incident involves a cost-cutting safety checker at Trailblazer Airlines insisting that Captain Brodie Torrance (Butler) pilot through a storm instead of around it
Jean-Francois Richet’s “Plane” is as efficient, economical and effective as its title, which is a good one, actually clear, descriptive, communicates what the film is about.