Area 407 (2012)
"Tape 407" (original title)

Survivors of an airplane crash find themselves within the borders of a government testing area and pursued by predators.

Directors:

Dale Fabrigar, Everette Wallin

Writers:

Dale Fabrigar (story), Robert Shepyer,

Stars:

Abigail Schrader, Samantha Lester, James Lyons

Cast

Cast overview:
Abigail Schrader	...	Trish
Samantha Lester	...	Jessie
James Lyons	...	Jimmy
Melanie Lyons	...	Laura Hawkins
Brendan Patrick Connor	...	Charlie
Ken Garcia	...	Tom
Samantha Sloyan	...	Lois
Everette Wallin	...	Marshall
Jude Gerard Prest	...	The Cleaner
Savannah Ward	...	Tom's Wife
Michelle Welk	...	Base Command Opeartor

Storyline

The film opens with two teenagers flying from New York to Los Angeles on New Years Eve. Their nightmare begins when their plane hits extreme turbulence mid-flight. The relentless weather attack causes panic and terror amongst the passengers until the plane ultimately crashes in a remote government-testing area. The handful of survivors from the crash, bloody and disoriented, are then insistently pursued in the darkness by unknown predators that, unbeknownst to them, are part of the government's top-secret Mesa Experiment.

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Plot Keywords:

government | new year's eve | airplane crash | shot to death | shot in the head | 

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Taglines:

More terrifying than surviving a plane crash is what awaits them in the darkness.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 2012 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

Area 407

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions, Cloud Nine Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was shot in five days and all ad-libbed by the actors.

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Goofs

The first aid kit is the wrong color and is incorrectly marked.

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Quotes

Lois: As soon as we start we're need you to turn the camera off, and turn it back on once were in flight.
Jessie: No don't tell her to turn it back on!
[Lois smiles and laughs and then walks away]

User Reviews

Tripe 407

The opening is engaging and some of the improvised dialog on board the plane is effective. The crash is also effective. Where it all goes wrong is the rest of it.

The ensemble acting is horrible from the point of impact. Nobody listens to anyone else they just scream hysterically over the top of one another for the next 80 minutes. And who in their right mind would keep the camera rolling? I mean really? At one point the Austrailian US Air Marshall (?!) yells at the operator in no uncertain terms to turn it off! Off it goes. But sadly comes back on again and elicits no comment from anybody...

So amidst the drear that follows there are a couple of unintentional laugh out loud moments to be enjoyed. Charlie's line about "...did you see any food and water?" had me howling and the monster's initial reveal did likewise. Otherwise, it is one big pile of dinosaur do-do.

With production values this cheap one needs to be creative by necessity but there is no creativity here. The cast are effectively left direction-less and the improvised footage does not a decent film make.

I actually feel sorry for the actors. I mean who'd want this on their CV? It's hardly career enhancing. But mostly my sympathies lie with the viewers. My recommendation: Give it a miss.