A remake of the James Stewart starring 1965 original,this is a decent disaster film with a couple of stand out performances from the lead stars.
Dennis Quaid is the big name star playing the pilot of a plane that crashes in the Gobi Desert carrying oil workers back home. A disaster film that is a carbon copy of Stewart's earlier effort, this has a creepily manic performance from Giovanni Ribisi.
When their plane crashes into the desert during a sandstorm a small group of oil workers set about surviving until rescue. As time passes and no sign of help arrives,the group are forced to face the fact they are on their own. Three hundred miles from safety and stuck in…

Für mich ist “Der Flug des Phoenix” durchaus kein schlechter Film, aber ein Film, der noch ein gutes Stück vom Prädikat besonders gut entfernt ist. Leider entwickelt sich die Story über die 113 Minuten Film viel zu langsam und vieles wirkt etwas unnötig in den Film reingeschrieben. So ist die die Idee mit den Schmugglern an sich recht gut, nur an statt hier ein kurzes Gespräch und eine kleine Schießerei mit den Schmugglern zuzufügen, hätte ein ordentlicher Überfall der Schmuggler auf die gestrandeteten der Dramatik ordentlich gut getan.
Auch empfinde ich es als reichlich störend, dass viele der Charakter sehr blass bleiben und man wenig über ihre Charakterzüge erfährt. Bis auf die drei Hauptdarsteller Kelly, Elliot und Frank Towns ist…

A remake of the James Stewart starring 1965 original,this is a decent disaster film with a couple of stand out performances from the lead stars.
Dennis Quaid is the big name star playing the pilot of a plane that crashes in the Gobi Desert carrying oil workers back home. A disaster film that is a carbon copy of Stewart's earlier effort, this has a creepily manic performance from Giovanni Ribisi.
When their plane crashes into the desert during a sandstorm a small group of oil workers set about surviving until rescue. As time passes and no sign of help arrives,the group are forced to face the fact they are on their own. Three hundred miles from safety and stuck in…

This film helped pass an hour and a half or so after finishing work one afternoon. Not much was expected of it however I thought it looked interesting after catching a few minutes when it was on tv the other day.

Dennis Quaid plays an airline Pilot flying for an oil drilling company in the Gobi Desert. After closing down an unsuccessful drilling operation it is his job to fly its members out of the desert. Cut a long story short plane takes off, huge sandstorm, plane crashes way off course and with no means of sending a Mayday call! Stranded with no hope of rescue a mysterious passenger puts forward the idea that the crew perform their own rescue…