This is a very, very low-budget film about the nuclear age. However, despite having no actors you'll recognize and a cheesy set near the end of the movie, I really liked it and think it's a nice relic about the Cold War and the move to build bigger and badder nuclear bombs. And, regardless of your politics, this was a scary time and a film that questioned all this sure was timely.
"The Flight That Disappeared" plays somewhat like a "Twilight Zone" episode--and there was, around that same time, a show that did seem a bit like the movie. However, instead of an airplane full of folks being stuck in a plane that keeps passing back and forth in time (something that NEVER was explained and was a shortcoming of the episode), this one involves a plane that keeps gaining altitude--and there's nothing the crew can do to stop it! Eventually, the plane is assumed lost--and after all the crew and passengers fall asleep due, seemingly to a lack of oxygen, there is a meeting with three of the passengers and an odd galactic tribunal. Later, however, it seems that they can't prove this really happened...and then, at the end, the twist. I could say more about all this, but I don't want to spoil it.
Despite the budget, the acting was nice, as was the direction. It's really a nice example of a film that does the most with its limited resources. The only negative at all it the female mathematician. She seems to have been included mostly for her sex appeal--especially since her connection to the two scientists was never really established. Still, an interesting film---and one that seems a heck of a lot better than its 4.0 score currently on IMDb.
"The Flight That Disappeared" plays somewhat like a "Twilight Zone" episode--and there was, around that same time, a show that did seem a bit like the movie. However, instead of an airplane full of folks being stuck in a plane that keeps passing back and forth in time (something that NEVER was explained and was a shortcoming of the episode), this one involves a plane that keeps gaining altitude--and there's nothing the crew can do to stop it! Eventually, the plane is assumed lost--and after all the crew and passengers fall asleep due, seemingly to a lack of oxygen, there is a meeting with three of the passengers and an odd galactic tribunal. Later, however, it seems that they can't prove this really happened...and then, at the end, the twist. I could say more about all this, but I don't want to spoil it.
Despite the budget, the acting was nice, as was the direction. It's really a nice example of a film that does the most with its limited resources. The only negative at all it the female mathematician. She seems to have been included mostly for her sex appeal--especially since her connection to the two scientists was never really established. Still, an interesting film---and one that seems a heck of a lot better than its 4.0 score currently on IMDb.