The Flight that Fought Back

[haws bah gawd 0]

I watched this on the Discovery Channel earlier tonight. IMO, this was a very tasteful docu-drama that really made you proud of the passengers on that flight. The movie was filmed very well and gave you a definite sense of dread for the fate of the passengers. For those of you that watched it, did you MARK THE FUCK OUT as much as I did when the passengers rushed the cockpit and beat the fucking shit out of the hijacker that was guarding the door? The interviews with the passengers families were incorporated very well into the film, along with actual recordings of conversations that the passengers had with various people through the plane's telephone system.

 

I've seen some people saying on other boards that the movie was just a capitalization of the tradegy, but I feel otherwise. The movie is being shown all night on Discovery with no commercial interruption, and every penny of the video sales are being donated to the memorial fund for the victims.

 

Thoughts?

[Chazz 0]

I agree with you. Glad to see I wasn't the only one who got a rush out of seeing half the flight stomp the living shit out of that one hijacker. That fact that It was narrated by Jack Bauer made It all the more for me!

[Black Lushus 0]

Damn, I meant to catch this...how many hijackers were actually on the plane? How did it end up going down, they couldn't stop them all?

[haws bah gawd 0]

I only watched it once, but from what I saw there was one hijacker guarding the cockpit, and 3 others inside of the cockpit. The hijacker guarding the cockpit had a gun on him, and had also told the passengers that he had a bomb on him, which made then a little reulctant to attack him. However, one of the passengers got word that they were going to use the plane as a missle to attack the White House, so they decided they had to do something. So, the passengers rallied together in the back of the plane and got together whatever "weapons" they could find. The weapons consisted of a food trolley, fire extinguishers, knives, even coffee pots full of boiling water. The plan was to rush the hijacker guarding the cockpit door, then break into the cockpit and take out the other 3 hijackers. So, the passenger heading-up the revolt let out the famous "Let's Roll!" and the passengers charged down the center aisle of the plane. The pilot heard the commotion and started rocking the plane from side to side to try to throw their balance off, but it only worked for a short time. They finally made it to the end of the aisle to where the first hijacker was, and before he could react, they rammed him against the cockpit door with the trolley and then about 6 of the passengers stomped the everloving shit out of him. You couldnt help but cheer for the doomed passengers and the asskicking of a lifetime they gave to the hijacker. They kept ramming the trolley against the cockpit door, but it was locked. The pilot started to panic, but one of the other hijackers told him to keep heading towards the target. Finally just before they finally broke through the cockpit door, the order was given to crash the plane. The passengers broke through, the plane nose-dived into the ground, and the rest is history. It was a truly heartbreaking thing to watch, but you couldnt help but feel so proud of the passengers on that flight. I highly recommend that everyone see this movie at least once.

[Black Lushus 0]

man, it's heartbreaking enough reading that...I may have to DVR this one if I can't catch it...

[nl5xsk1 0]

I don't mean to sound callous, but could they have come up with a dumber title?

 

Every ad I saw for it reminded me of the Simpsons when Homer was talking about the movie "Speed" and ended up calling it "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."

 

Great subject for a movie, and American heroes that deserve the accolades for doing what they did ... but piss-poor title.

[Vern Gagne 0]

I just can't get into anything that use re-enactments with actors. This especially goes for events like 9/11. Something just doesn't seem right with that.