GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

vhilts-26590 Sorry, even if you are a history, sci-fi or WWII airplane buff steer clear of this one, regardless of the high amount of interest the plot-line might suggest. No amount of creative license can make the tidal wave of incorrect historical references and events in this movie plausible.The piloting, as well as the mechanical aspects of the aircraft, are so far off the beam, I could simply no longer stand to watch it. (I won't even start with the "radar" technical impossibilities). The acting/actors were mediocre at best, but this film contained so many historical inaccuracies I just couldn't get past, that I barely noticed their collective performances.To start, one two-second burst from a WWII era, Messerschmitt 262's quad 30MM cannon would have reduced the Boeing 757 to a flaming wreck, before it instantly plummeted to the ground. (I think this jet took about 800 hits and kept right on going). Even a highly armored, ruggedly built Boeing B-17 of that time could not survive a short burst of this type of firepower, let alone a passenger jet. Further(disregarding the incorrect date/time of the 262's appearance in the European theater) they flew at around 400 knots cruise speed, with a top speed of about 600 mph. They did not have the capability of overtaking a 757 flying at its top speed. (But they DID have the maneuverability to actually pull out of a dive. See picture- laughable).As to the piloting; trying to pull a 757 out of a high speed dive at an altitude of 1000 feet would have resulted in two things: a high speed stall, and impact with the ground. (Even if it only carried the 12 passengers the low-budget set showed). They threw it around the air like a P-51 Mustang. By the way, there were also no fighter vs. fighter aerial dogfights at night during WWII, nor were the piston-engine (RAF) fighters then capable of overtaking, out-climbing, and shooting down ME-262's, as shown (at night) in the movie.Again, in spite of a plot-line that would make WWII gamer's overly excited, just so many implausible/incorrect/technically deficient presentations of technology of both 1940's (and current) time periods the movie becomes a parody of itself. So many in fact, I cannot begin to skim the surface in this short review. Too bad, as a more accurate version with a budget higher than the $29.95 used for this one, could be a sci-fi blockbuster.

leobellicose Actually quite good movie but "Based on True Events" in 1940? that the thing bothers me more than anything else in the entire movie is. After Flight 42 travels through a storm they find themselves in France, 1940, during World war II. This is maybe one of the worst films I've ever seen when it comes to reality.Messerschmit Me 262 "Swallow" in 1940? grin emoticon Invasion in full swing in 1940 according to 2 historians on board? grin emoticon How long can last normal airliner in combat with 30mm cannons of Me 262? grin emoticon I really enjoyed this sci-fi wink emoticon I don't know why.. The Flight 42 Pilot really remind me to MH370 pilot Cpt Zaharie Ahmad Shah, Great Pilot Attitude. Give this man a Medal.

sddavis63 People need to cut this movie a bit of slack. It's just meant to be fun. It's not meant to be anything else. Sure the history is bizarre. That's even pointed out in the movie, as they discuss the Battle of Dunkirk - in this movie it didn't turn out the way it actually turned out. So, somehow, history is a little bit different, which perhaps helps to explain a lot of what seem to be historical inaccuracies. They're not inaccurate. The timeline is just a little bit different. Folks need to stop fixating on that and accept the movie as sheer entertainment. From that perspective it worked quite well.International Airlines Flight 42 from Dulles to Heathrow encounters a weird storm over the Atlantic, and when passing through it also somehow goes back in time - emerging over the French coast during a German bombing raid in 1940. Nobody knows how it happened, and it takes a while for everyone to be convinced that it has happened - but however it happened, it happened, and it's enjoyable enough to watch as the crew and passengers come to terms with their situation and try to develop a plan to get out of it alive.It's a low budget, sci-fi movie about time travel featuring a largely little known cast. You have to know that going in to it and set your expectations accordingly. I think the rating this movie gets here (4.4 at the time of writing) is ridiculously low. I'm going to give it an 8 - not because it's a great movie - but because in spite of its limitations it accomplishes what it sets out to accomplish. It's fun and it entertains. I had no trouble watching it from beginning to end - which is more than I can say for a lot of big budget movies with mega-stars.

annmon-63155 It's up there as being one of the top ten of the worst films we have ever seen. It's that appalling it's comical. The whole film is just set on the plane which wasn't obvious when reading the initial synopsis of the plot. We howled with laughter at the appalling acting; don't miss the German soldier being shot and his great death scene it's hilarious. Also the grinning, smiling and back patting of everyone at the end. This is despite the fact that 2 passengers had just been tragically sucked out of the plane. Waah and the captain's final slow motion saunter in slow motion to music as he leaves the plane at he end had us creased up :)Avoid it at all costs. Just get drunk instead ;)