Altitude (2017)

A female FBI agent is offered millions to help a thief escape from a hijacked airplane.

Director:

Alex Merkin

Writers:

Tyler W. Konney (story by), Jesse Mittelstadt (screenplay)

Stars:

Dolph Lundgren, Denise Richards, Jonathan Lipnicki

Cast

Credited cast:
Dolph Lundgren	...	Matthew Sharpe
Denise Richards	...	Gretchen Blair
Jonathan Lipnicki	...	Rick
Chelsea Edmundson	...	Clare
Greer Grammer	...	Sadie
Jordi Vilasuso	...	Luke Byres
John Posey	...	Pilot
Victoria Atkin	...	Speedbird PA (voice)
Chuck Liddell	...	Rawbones
Kirk Barker	...	Terry
Tandi Tugwell	...	Passenger
Nick Principe	...	Mechanic #1
Paul Vandervort	...	Mechanic
Jared Safier	...	SWAT Team Leader
Stephen Graybill	...	Businessman

Storyline

FBI agent Gretchen Blair is on a flight to Washington D.C. when the man seated beside her makes an unusual offer. He explains that the plane they're on is about to be hijacked, and promises to pay her seventy-five million dollars if she can get him safely back on the ground. When a gang of professional thieves takes control of the plane, she realizes he isn't joking. Soon Gretchen finds herself caught in the middle of an elaborate mid-air heist, fighting to save the passengers while the thieves tear the plane apart, searching for the stolen loot hidden somewhere on board.

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Plot Keywords:

fistfight | fight | brawl | martial arts | mixed martial arts | 

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Taglines:

A Heist at 30,000 Feet ...

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 October 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Висота

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Switzer Entertainment Group,Taylor & Dodge,Safier Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is considered to be a loose remake of Passenger 57 (1992).

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Goofs

A shot from under the plane after it's taken off, shows the landing gear folding. But the plane is above the cloud cover. Just a moment later the pilot calls Control and says that he's at 1,000 (feet) and is climbing to 6,000 (feet). Landing gear is folding very quickly after takeoff, almost as soon as the plane has left the ground, well before 1,000' of altitude.

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Quotes

Gretchen Blair: You need to adjust your attitude, bitch.

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Soundtracks

Lakmé: Flower Duet
Written by Léo Delibes (uncredited)
Performed by Delibes
Under license from Shutterstock

User Reviews

A non-exciting and predictable hijacking movie...

You know that this is going to be one of those movies, yet there is just something that makes you want to sit down and watch it. And now that I have, I wish that I listened to the voice in the back of the head that said "don't".

Granted that the movie stars Denise Richards and has Dolph Lundgren along on the ride for someone to lure in an audience, then the movie never really got up into a gear that makes it particularly watchable or entertaining.

The story in "Altitude" is about a hijacking of an airplane, and that is essentially the core of the story. But wait, hasn't this been seen a million times before in other movies? Yes it has! So do "Altitude" offer anything new or exciting to the genre? No!

Denise Richards trots through the movie on auto-pilot, but that doesn't necessarily make the performance any more interesting. And Dolph Lundgren had only a minor role in the movie, and when he was on the screen he sort of was displaying an attitude of not really wanting to be on set for that movie.

"Altitude" is horribly predictable and offers no plot twists or surprises anywhere. As such, it just march on at a very monotonous pace. And there are far better movies available if you enjoy a good airplane hijacking movie.

The movie wasn't dealt a very advantageous hand from the very beginning, and director Alex Merkin hardly managed to lift the movie up and make it outstanding in any way.

Furthermore, should you manage to sit through the entire movie, like I did, then chances are slim to none that you will return to "Altitude" for a second viewing.