Turbulence

This is an okay Lifetime or Hallmark thriller which I caught on Prime. The lead women are great and overall, though we've seen "family taken hostage" films many times before, this one is a decent example for the genre. Not rating this as a film ready for theaters, but for a TV movie, it's what you'd expect in terms of quality.

A dirtbag senator kills a woman, and all that stands between him and acquittal, we're to believe, is a clear video of him murdering the girl. The quick-witted senator comes up with a foolproof plan: have an FBI agent delete the video and he'll get off scott free!

Sure he will.

The video in unequivocal and has been seen by dozens of people. Even without the video they can all attest to what they saw. Ooops. The senator wasn't wearing gloves and touched the girl in various places on her body. DNA. Ooops. People saw the two of them leave together. Ooops. Even without the video the case against the senator is compelling.

Fitting the plot is the terrible acting. Dina Meyer plays an FBI agent with zero skills or training. She's a helpless victim the entire run of the movie. She deduces that the kidnappers aren't going to let her family go regardless, not to mention she herself has seen a kidnapper's face, yet she complies with their demands anyway. How stupid is she? If they're sentenced to die, grab Victoria, beat the location out of her, call the cavalry, and hold her as hostage. Victoria Pratt is her usual unconvincing self. Nothing to see here. The woman can't act. Everyone else gives a soap opera or lower grade performance.

Three stars for a movie with three sets.

Could have been great, if they had aby clue how to put a film together. One second theyre on a small plane with 4 windows and by the time its landed it has gained an extra 6 windows. Then it 9am on the guys phone, but in a blink on an eye and one phone call later its suddenly night time, ive seen better plays in my children's school, more convincing acting anyways! Absolutely awful how many flaws are in this "film"

More proof that all hollyweird can do is remake a movie.

Turbulence, or deadly departer is a film starring Dina Meyer as Sarah, a woman that gets on a flight to DC, then shalama from mutant X Tells her she has her family hostage. I will say at the beginning I thought I was watching the wrong movie. This older gentleman is on a beach with a lady. Stuff happens then we get title card and it's qué the bad acting straight away. The father and son actors being the characters of question here. The beginning is connected but it's not really sure why. The way it's solved is dumb. Also pretty sure a camcorder with no lead cannot upload a live video to a laptop on a flight. Acting and script were bad. Plot was throwaway but overall lik others of this genre it was watchable and I still got some enjoyment from it.