global_dan

I see from the other reviews that this filler for some documentary channel is not fooling them either:

• Interminable over the top padding to drag out a factoid into a 15 minute long dirge, replete unnecessary speculation and over the top soundtrack
• perhaps it is a way to keep production costs down while padding out the content, but this is filled with dubious 'rent-an-expert' types overly dramatically espousing ridiculous phrases and theories. If any of them had any credibility, they'd be doing actual research or focus on proper documentaries where their faces aren't the main thing being shown.

A prime example of the freefall in quality of documentary making.

The car chase starts with sun streaming in across the alley.

Moments later it is cloudy, and when it really takes off seconds later it is grey and raining heavily on wet streets.

Things dry up moments later racing through a park, and when they turn onto a bridge, it is brilliant sunshine with a cloudless sky.

As others have already pointed out, the airbags and the damage to the BMW seem to change as often as the weather during the chase.

Perhaps the weather in Boston at that time presents challenges in film continuity, but surely they could have patched up some of these gaps before release?

I should have known, unless it's a movie based on an actual historical plane hijacking, no plot about about a hijacking is going to be without plot holes.

In this case, it has more gaping holes than a massive block of Swiss cheese. Sort the reviews by reviewer rating with lowest first, and the scale of holes and improbabilities will become evident to you.

Then to prove the point, Archie Panjabi turns up in episode 2 to follow up on the Swiss cheese of her 2019 airline effort, Departure.

Idris Elba must have bills to pay and turned to Apple's cash pile to executive produce this.

Suspending belief can be entertaining, but not serious drama built on irrationality. Everyone involved can do MUCH better than this...