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DVD : Flight of the Phoenix [Blu-ray]In association with Amazon.comstarring: Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson, Miranda Otto, Hugh Laurie directed by: John Moore ![: Flight of the Phoenix [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51H7YQZFSQL._SL160_.jpg) List Price: $29.98 Amazon.com's Price: $17.49 You Save: $12.49 (42%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: 20th Century EAN: 0024543401124 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled Label: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 05, 2006 Running Time: 113 minutes Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 2004 Sales Rank: 9259 MPN: 01124 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: An action-adventure in which a group of air crash survivors - cast-offs from society who will never be missed - are stranded in the Mongolian desert with no hope of rescue. As they attempt to build a new plane from the wreckage of the old one, in hopes of flying back to civilization, they experience a rebirth of their own. Amazon.com: As superfluous remakes go, Flight of the Phoenix could've been better, and could've been worse. It's a passable popcorn adventure, especially for those unfamiliar with the 1965 original, which starred James Stewart, made headlines for the crash-landing death of stunt-pilot Paul Mantz, and now stands as a minor classic of its era. This flashy remake stars Dennis Quaid in Stewart's role, adds a woman to the list of plane-crash survivors, and showcases Giovanni Ribisi, who gives a cleverly eccentric performance as the model-airplane designer who proposes to rebuild a crashed cargo plane into a single-engine escape from certain death in the remote Gobi desert. Both films are essentially identical, but this remake is somehow less believable (due to shortcuts in a haphazardly written screenplay) and much more spectacular, owing to the advantage of impressive special effects. Otherwise it's a routine dose of survivalist entertainment from the director of Behind Enemy Lines, never convincing enough to be genuinely compelling, but certainly never boring. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A Gift for SomeoneActually, we have to assume it was a good DVD as it was suggested to us as a gift for someone else. Rating: - 2.5 stars out of 4The Bottom Line: Another pointless remake, Flight of the Phoenix has nothing to recommend it aside from the fact that it's not that bad; there is no reason to watch or purchase it when the better original is also available on DVD. Rating: - Flight of the Phoenix - Blu-ray InfoVersion: U.S.A / Region A Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 MPEG-2 BD-25 Running time: 1:52:57 Movie size: 20,95 GB Disc size: 22,52 GB Average video bit rate: 18.06 Mbps Number of chapters: 36 Subtitles: English / English SDH / Spanish / French DTS-HD Master Audio English 4099 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 4099kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 1536kbps) Dolby Digital Audio French 448 kbps ... Read More Rating:  - Rip off of a great movieI won't give this one a long review. It doesn't deserve one. It is a rip-off of the great Jimmy Stewart-Hardy Kruger movie of the same name. This film doesn't even start to compare. Worse, in a time of a war against fundamentalist terrorism, this film tries to be politically correct...politically correct, that is, if you are a Hollywood Loonie Tunes. Rather than the North Africa and torture by Arabic bandits this film is placed in northern Asia and the assault is by a large band ... Read More Rating:  - Get The OriginalWho needs character development when you can have special effects. Besides, character development takes time and requires a little attention span. I suspect the director plays a lot of computer games and is heavily influenced by such great works as Grand Theft Auto. Browse for similar items by category:
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