Altitude

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The premise for the whole thing is pretty weak explained in movie as last time the drive there was terrible so lets hire a plane and fly, but how did you get your license as your mum died in a similar plane and your dad wont let you fly, well I did it on the sly even tho I am young I earn enough cash to blow it on secret flying lessons as I love it so much. Thats great lets get a bunch of idiots together then and spend 60minutes in the air learning to hate each other. A weirdo boyfriend, hot chick pilot, bullying sports jock, screaming emo girl and the pointless guy. The acting is pretty good and the main girl is nice to look at but I cant believe she would be with her boyfriend as he is a bit quiet and weird and she seems pretty out going. Hated the sports jock more than most characters your supposed to hate in movies but 1 thing just went to far as everyone over the age of 10 learns to not do these things. The direction/cinematography is OK as shooting an entire movie inside the cabin of a small twin engined prop plane obviously isn't the easiest way to make a movie. Special effects are fine based on the obviously limited budget. If you got 90mins to spare this movie is watchable better than many films I have seen but worse than just as many others.

Just when you thought American teen culture would vanish up it's own vacuous brain, along comes "Altitude". The jock, the nerd, the normal guy and the two chicks with enough eye-shadow to hot-mix an average size driveway are our cast. And that's it. There is no plot. Actually that's not true, there is a plot. But they wrote it on a single sheet of toilet tissue and still had plenty of room left over. More than an hour of interminable, angsty teen, "you lied to me" dialogue makes that average normal adult want to kick the nearest cat. Watch an episode of The Hills with the sound down. Did you see the girl talk to the boy?, did you see the girl talk to the girl?, did you see the boy talk to the boy? Well, you've just seen Altitude except it wasn't in a plane. In summary, awful, trite, banal and so very, very American Teen.

I am not going to spoil anything but the movie poster give a little clue. I wonder why is it rated so low on IMDb becoz it's really really great that gives u almost 90 mins full of excitement, the story just go all the way straight, not much stupid talking boring scene, pure action. For people think this movie is similar to "Frozen", but it's totally different and "Altitude" is much much much better and not stupid. Some might think how the story turned to be ridiculous but it's really exciting and very entertaining! Of coz, Jessica Lowndes and Julianna Guill are so hot =p

Firstly, a quick confession; I'm a real soft touch when it comes to a good movie poster, a cool DVD cover, or back-cover teaser descriptions. I've sat down in many a theatre or shelled out for many a DVD on the basis of this alone. A strong concept with plenty of potential, and I'm in. So with Altitude, it had me at 'Fear is in the air'. My hit-rate for finding good movies this way is about 50-50. But I sometimes get as much pleasure from watching a bad movie as a good one. And so to Altitude, which lands firmly in this former category. But pleasure was something sadly lacking in taking this flight. The description on the back of the DVD case hinted at a malevolent force, picking off teens, as teens usually are in these films, but in the unique setting of a light plane; a nice twist on the usual claustrophobic settings. A supernatural killer on the loose at 10,000 feet... cool, I thought. But from this intriguing take-off position, the film crashes and burns in its most important areas; a coherent plot and interesting characters. Five friends fly a twin-prop to a concert 'because the drive is bad', or some other rubbish reason - so we have our set-up. The five tick all the cliché boxes for the teen victim demographic; the jock, the nerd, the sensitive artist, the prom queen and the bookworm. And despite these stereotypes bucking the usual trends slightly (the arrogant jock turns out to be a coward and a drunk, the artist brave and resourceful), the characters are so weakly sketched out that we do not care for anyone as things start to go wrong, even our spunky heroine pilot, Sara (who has achieved somewhere in the region of 100 hours worth of flying time whilst keeping this a secret from her dad, and also learnt to fly because her mum was killed in an air crash. As you do.) So after establishing such hateful and idiotic people are our main protagonists, it's left to the plot get us off the ground. Initially, it's a bit like Twilight Zone: The Movie, where a nervous John Lithgow sees an evil imp trashing the wing of his passenger jet but can get no-one to believe him. But a closer look at that 1983 movie reveals an even more blatant lift. The Joe Dante-directed third segment, where an evil child who can create his own reality around him, trapping his family in a murderous world where he has to be kept happy and entertained for fear of violent and bloody retribution. So no external entity of malevolence, just an insecure man-child with a violent id (Forbidden Planet?); subconsciously brought to the fore by the heroine's plan to leave to go to university and his repressed anger at the death of his parents (yes, in the same air crash that killed Sara's mother). Throw in a prescient comic book (Heroes, anyone), a giant flying squid and a climactic face- off between good and 'evil' (is he? I still don't know who we were supposed to be rooting for) that is resolved by the biggest cliché of them all, and all that back-sleeve potential finally runs out of fuel. It's such a shame, because I thought the direction from Kaare Andrews was solid and some clever scenes, with the lightning flashes making the screaming faces look like skulls, even had me considering the possibility everyone was already dead. No such luck. I'd like to think I've learnt my lesson after paying full price for this DVD. But I probably haven't....

I've long been a fan of movies...horror in particular...that takes place in a relatively small, constant set. I don't know why Maybe it's because it forces more of a story than a huge, sprawling set. So in that respect, I was pleased with this film. Sure, it's got it's downsides...but what movie doesn't? The basic plot is a group of kids flying a plane to a concert when a mechanical problem leaves their plane stuck in a climb. While trying to figure out how to fix the problem before they run out of fuel and/or oxygen things get...strange. Secrets are revealed, tempers flare and...well...that's all I'm going to say about it. Then in a nice little surprise, it climaxes in an almost Lovecraftian way. The downsides are the norm for what you'd see in a movie featuring some college aged kids. Namely, everyone except the couple main characters are utterly moronic and horribly annoying. Every story needs an antagonist, but I found myself just pleading with something to kill these kids. Plus the very thing I liked (the almost claustrophobic set) could very well be a minus for some. All in all I got a little more than I expected, but not something I'd insist all my friends watch. It was just good...not great.

While I admit parts of the film could have been better. overall it was a enjoyable film. The plot was original although very similar to triangle and to be honest a little predictable. I would recommend you watch this film alone to get the best out of it. Put up with the slow start and by the end you will understand why I gave it 8 out of 10. Unless you watch the whole thing you will not get a good picture. If you like Twilight Zone, or if you like watching scary movies (best if you don't like flying), then this movie is for you. Acting was and the special effects were OK. The director done a job for considering most of the movie was set in a small plane - it helped with the trilling side but it did get a bit boring.

OK, I like all kinds of films, Horror, indie, action, chick flicks, flicks with talking rodents, but I gotta draw the line somewhere ... I'm gonna sue somebody and get the last 90 minutes of my life back .... What a train wreck ... shallow acting and a rip off of frozen, (only in the sky.) I'm pretty sure it was written by an acting school for a 1st term project or something. But, the girls are cute. As for the guys, I'd have thrown them all out of the plane if I had the chance. It says I need ten lines here ..., well that's 2 more than the script must have had. I actually was thinking of calling my dentist and having my gums extracted while I watched this one. It would have been less painful.

There have been many films, TV episodes which have taken place within a confined area, and the tension can become excruciating. Lifeboat, Midnight (Doctor Who), are just a couple. Altitude - the story of a half dozen teens trapped in a little plane - is NOT one. The director who made this - Kaare Andrews - has made a 'teen' horror film that doesn't try hard to be any better than of the films it desperately rips off - the FINAL DESTINATION films, are just one franchise, which comes to mind. The 'acting' horrendous. The 'plot?' Cheesecloth holds together better. The 'technical' dialogue, spouted by 'pilot' Ms. Loundes, is akin to hearing a monkey explain quantum mechanics - and, just as believable. This is one of those films, in which the 'director' seems SO hard to demonstrate his skills, and, has none, to begin with. Bluish-green tinted movie? Seen it. Actors' eyes (annoyingly) colorized? Yawn - ENOUGH! I kept praying this nightmare would end - and, by that, I mean 'crash' end. You do not care about ANYONE. It seems they all got cast by meeting Mr. Andrews, who 'promised' they'd 'star in' his big, Hollywood' movie.

ALTITUDE – CATCH IT ( B+ ) Altitude is a nail biting thriller, which is really better than you ever have expected. This ½ hr movie keeps you on edge of your seat the whole time though the ending was really shocking and quite unbelievable and out of the blue but still considering the premises I can digest that! The movie starts with an intense sequence and after that we are jump into Jessica Lowndes character , who is going to a concert by flying a jet plane with her 4 friends. Once they are in the sky the movie really picks up and the chemistry and tension between characters is worth watching. I think that's commendable for the director that in such low budget he managed to made such decent special effects plus keeping 5 people in one jet plane and making them really interesting for audiences was really admirable. If we didn't feel for the characters then the movie wouldn't leave any impact but this one does leave a very good impact. Jessica Lowndes is the true star of movie and she showed that she can do anything besides weeping on 9O21O. she really gave a power house intense performance. Julianna Guill is Gorgeous and I loved her in Friday the 13th and I loved her in this one too, she was really good. Among the boys I think Hats Off to Jake Waery, who was really annoying yet he made the movie interesting with his Punk Cocky Attitude. Ryan Donowho is freaking cool and Adorable. Landon Liborian was creepy and I think he was also suppose to be considering his role was the Monstrous. Overall it's a great independent movie just like FROZEN, the premises is simple & at stays at one place yet it keeps you engaging and on edge of the seat. I loved it & even accepted the unusual weird ending.