Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

Denzel Washington
as Whip Whitaker

Don Cheadle
as Hugh Lang

Kelly Reilly
as Nicole

John Goodman
as Harling Mays

Bruce Greenwood
as Charlie Anderson

Brian Geraghty
as Ken Evans

Tamara Tunie
as Margaret Thomason

Nadine Velazquez
as Katerina Marquez

Peter Gerety
as Avington Carr

Garcelle Beauvais
as Deana
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With Robert Zemekis at the helm, it has to be good, right? Pretty much. Not the strongest performance by Cheadle, but otherwise the cast is great. John Goodman is a welcome surprise half-way through and really brings this home. With a feel good ending, what more do you 1-3 star people want?? ...
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The title Flight is a perfect illustration that brevity really is the soul of wit. Its six letters describe not only the protagonist's occupation (flying), but also what he spends most of the film doing (fleeing), and if we only added a seventh letter (-y), it would describe the character himself. T...