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Very intense (And you just never get a break!)

No seriously; you NEVER get a break.

This movie is clever in the way it utilizes stress-factors to get the viewer into the drama. It's completely relentless and will pound on you over and over and over until the movie ends.

Having never been on a hijacked aircraft I can't speak of what it feels like, but my guess is it could be a lot like the tension in this film.

That part works beautifully and is mastered close to perfection here.

For the aviation-geeks; yes there are a few moments where you need to just go with the flow. But those moments are few and for the most part this is kept within sanity and reason.

The actor-performances are all-around great and believable.

The visuals are very good. Making flight-movies that look like actually flying is not easy, but this film pulls it off. No 'crappy' CGI is used and I'm guessing the director opted to avoid scenes that would be too difficult to get to look realistic (The; 'less is more' option) So no 'smart' outside scenes of flying aircraft or anything like that. For the entire movie we are 'along for the ride', onboard this hijacked aircraft, and get to experience the whole thing from 'within'.

That raises the level of suspense really. Enhances the drama and makes the whole thing feel that much more 'in your face'.

This movie is worth watching.

Final note; had I been the pilot I would have dumped cabin-pressure and just let the hijackers pass out... and of course lost all the passengers at the same time too. I don't think I'm giving away any spoilers by saying that they don't actually do that in this movie :)

I just watched this movie, knowing nothing about it. Just a random chance-selection (No pun intended, although you may think it was a pun once you see this film)

I have to say, after having just watched it, I feel pretty much just like 'Isaac' appeared to feel when the 3rd set of data rolled in and illuminated the screen on his apartment-wall (See the movie and this comment will make sense)

Very moving film. Very intelligent film. Very broad film, in fact. although it has none of the usual wideness or image-splendor you would expect in a scifi-movie.

Where most scifi movies tend to go with grand or elaborate visual scenery, this one does almost the opposite. And by doing so it gets the magical quality you can get from reading a book. That is very clever.

So there are no wild CGI effects or spaceship dog-fights or lasers shooting all over the place. But there is all the more passion. And depth.

It is really a beautiful movie. But actually a more inward-looking movie than outward-looking.

It has some of the same qualities that "Contact" had. Some of the same fundamental questions and considerations that come when thinking about whether life is widespread in the universe or not.

But it is a much deeper film than "Contact", and IMO a better film.

The cast is brilliant. The story-progression well paced.

The colorgrading... clever enough to never make you lose focus on the story.

The sound-track... great in the scenes with Clara, where it really helped build her story-line, but just a tad too 'smart' (Or overly 'artsy' perhaps) in a few places. But generally fine.

And yes, as other reviewers have said, there is indeed a risk of 'tearfall' with this movie (Is that not what all good movies do?)

I recommend this film. But be warned it IS a strong one, which may provoke you into thinking or even be emotionally impacted. It is NOT 'light reading'.