<em>Flightplan</em> Movie Review

"If someone took Everything you live for ... how far would you go to get it back?" Flightplan's tagline summarizes this action/drama/thriller movie quite well. Jodie Foster plays airplane designer Kyle Pratt, a woman broken from her husband's recent death. With her daughter Julia, Kyle begins relocation from Germany to New York City, in attempts to escape the pain of memories. But the husband travels with the scared mother and daughter in a casket below them on a Boeing 767. At 30,000 feet, Julia disappears, leaving behind few traces of even her existence. Kyle casually searches for her daughter, but when she is nowhere to be found, Kyle begins to panic. All the while being monitored and escorted by sky marshal Carson (Peter Sarsgaard). With the help of the crew, the entire plane is searched; even areas impossible for a child to enter. But then things really get bad for Kyle as evidence indicates that her daughter died with Kyle's husband in some sort of suicide. When Kyle is at her end, her hope is renewed and thus the plot thickens. But I won't give it away. Although I was not entirely convinced of some of the movie's apparent plot, I did find several parts unexpected. Jodie Foster's acting was thoroughly emotional with a slight hint of psychological depression. Peter Sarsgaard was less convincing and really seemed like he never got into his part. Sean Bean played the logical, steady-minded captain and does well with his part. James Horner's score was perfect to convey the emotions of the film, but it's not a soundtrack that I would buy. The style was along the lines of Ransom—very little melody or harmony but just dark musical colors to aid in the suspense. Flightplan was intriguing, enjoyable, and quite clean. The movie's PG-13 rating is more for the violence and thematic elements than for language. In all, I give this movie 3.5/5 stars.