Flight of the Phoenix (Widescreen Edition)

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A Gift for Someone, 2009-01-07
Actually, we have to assume it was a good DVD as it was suggested to us as a gift for someone else.

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2.5 stars out of 4, 2008-12-18
The Bottom Line: br / br /Another pointless remake, Flight of the Phoenix has nothing to recommend it aside from the fact that it's not that bad; there is no reason to watch or purchase it when the better original is also available on DVD.

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Flight of the Phoenix - Blu-ray Info, 2008-11-05
Version: U.S.A / Region A br /Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 br /MPEG-2 BD-25 br /Running time: 1:52:57 br /Movie size: 20,95 GB br /Disc size: 22,52 GB br /Average video bit rate: 18.06 Mbps br /Number of chapters: 36 br /Subtitles: English / English SDH / Spanish / French br / br /DTS-HD Master Audio English 4099 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 4099kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 1536kbps) br /Dolby Digital Audio French 448 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 448kbps br /Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 448 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 448kbps br /Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps br / br /#Audio commentary with director John Moore, producers John Davis and Wyck Godfrey and production designer Patrick Lumb

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Rip off of a great movie, 2008-08-17
I won't give this one a long review. It doesn't deserve one. It is a rip-off of the great Jimmy Stewart-Hardy Kruger movie of the same name. This film doesn't even start to compare. Worse, in a time of a war against fundamentalist terrorism, this film tries to be politically correct...politically correct, that is, if you are a Hollywood Loonie Tunes. br / br /Rather than the North Africa and torture by Arabic bandits this film is placed in northern Asia and the assault is by a large band of Mongol banditos which Quaid, I think it is, manages to shoot to pieces with one of those pistols that never need to be reloaded. In way of criticism, there are still Arab marauders in the deserts of North Africa. Mongol bandits are, however, an anachronism having disappeared rather thoroughly with the Communist regimes of the last 65 years or more. br / br /The only good part of the film is that in which a Mongol raider has been wounded and taken prisoner. This represents a significant drain on limited resources. The computer nerd, I think from Long Beach, California, proves himself to be not quite such a nerd by shooting him dead while the other wrecked passengers are wringing their hands. Problem solved. br / br /Ron Braithwaite author of novels--"Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God"--on the Spanish Conquest of Mexico

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Get The Original, 2008-05-05
Who needs character development when you can have special effects. Besides, character development takes time and requires a little attention span. I suspect the director plays a lot of computer games and is heavily influenced by such great works as Grand Theft Auto.