The film was really food for thought. The Insurance Industry would rather you die than pay expensive medical bills for the rest of your life.
The Navy/Military will kill to cover its mistakes!
I was really pissed to see them giving bad instructions to the 'weekend pilot' to ensure the plane crashed.
But overall I liked it except for the main characters sure looked clean and well kempt for their ordeal. Where's the sweat?
Um... maybe so. But not in this situation. The FAA would only have to recover the black box (you know, those things which record EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS in the cockpit, including communications) and the recordings from the tower/command center, and Navy and insurance would be screwed in the ass. Of course, since this is a movie about a super sonic airliner of the future which cruises "just below the speed of sound", maybe they'll get rid of those pesky black boxes, and communications will no longer be monitored either...
"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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I was being just a little sarcastic there... ;-)
"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
The navy wanting to shoot down a civilian aircraft purposely just to cover up a missile hit by accident ruined the first part of the movie for me.
And the insurance lady with her bright, stupid idea did the rest.
Both is not believeable to me.
Not after watching many seasons of Mayday (2003).
The US navy actually did shoot down a commercial plane (Iran Air Flight 655 - all died). The plane entered their off-limits area of operation and was treated as a hostile fighter.
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Lincoln Lee: I lost a partner.
Peter Bishop: I lost a universe!