29 Aug 2006

The Flight of the Phoenix

Director: John Moore

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson, Miranda Otto, Hugh Laurie

Screening: 2005-02-01

Many gay men have a long-standing crush on Dennis Quaid, who seems
to be ageing better than any other Hollywood actor we know. Still
very handsome at the age of 50, he plays a pilot who saves an oil
company crew in the middle of the desert.


But on the flight home, the planes runs into a sandstorm and crashes.
Without a working radio, the pilot and the survivors are stranded
in the middle of nowhere — until they decide to try and build
a new plane out of the wreckage of the old.


While there are some nice special effects (the sandstorm, the spectacular
crash — the usual things that Hollywood excels at), the film
follows a very predictable storyline.


Still, Dennis looks hot — as far as we are concerned, he
could get any engine going with his sexy smile, and we don't mind
being stranded anywhere with him.