A Dark Reflection

2015

1h 42m

Mystery & Thriller

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50+ Ratings

Journalists uncover a disturbing succession of airline cover-ups that involve placing profits over safety. With pilots and passengers at risk, the journalists put their jobs, reputations and lives on the line to expose the truth.

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

Loraine directs at a very brisk pace but you can't help but feel he could have made his points more effectively in a documentary.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 27, 2015

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Effectively an amateur feature film produced to professional standards - more or less - and directed by a former BA airline pilot called Tristan Loraine.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 26, 2015

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

Would-be conspiracy thriller undermines its own noble intent - to get the word out about a real-life problem with toxic air on commercial passenger jets - with its amateurism and dull, plodding earnestness.

Oct 25, 2020

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Allie Gemmill

CineVue

Unintentional jocularity and hollowness plague a script which attempts to construct dialogue full of technical terminology that also sounds appropriately urgent but it completely implodes in delivery.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 4, 2019

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Stefan Pape

HeyUGuys

This tale is without the sufficient dramatic potential to work as a feature length film.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 9, 2015

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Rigsby M

I tried to engage with this but gave up just alfter half way. Poor script and dialogue and the cast struggle with both. This clunky dramatisation of a true story fails to get off the runway. Give it a miss.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/23

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Audience Member

Ultimately, ‘what she said' - https://cine-vue.com/2015/02/film-review-a-dark-reflection.html … Allie's review succinctly captures my thoughts on the movie. I would also mention that the camerawork is diabolical, with shots constantly blurred as much as they are in focus, and the never ending jostling of the camera itself, making for an extremely amateur feel, as well as being bloody distracting!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

The subject matter of this film is important so it is a shame that it was for me very dull and boring. It completely lacked any tension or suspense (despite having somewhat dramatic background music) and I struggled to make the effort to see it to the end. The screenplay was clunky and some of the acting was unconvincing. It's not the worst film I have seen lately but all in all it was a waste of 100 minutes of my life.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

Unsure of what to expect this film delivered an excellent expose done as a documentary inside of a thriller the premise being an expose acted out in script form by a great non-celebrity cast. This is not some old airline problem but an industry-wide threat to anyone who flies. Now. It has an almost 80'-like canvas and aura about it and is most definitely pure British cinema. The one outstanding thing it left us is the very real consideration as to just WHAT ARE WE breathing whilst on airplane flights? It has succeeded in making its point in an excellent format. Bon voyage - or not.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Brilliant, understandable stroyline on a real life problem

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

This film is an absolute must see!!! Thank you for making this movie and bringing this fatal public issue to light, I would never have known about it without this movie. Please everyone see this film and tell everyone you know, we need to make our airlines safe, everyone who flies is at risk!!! :(

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Synopsis

Journalists uncover a disturbing succession of airline cover-ups that involve placing profits over safety. With pilots and passengers at risk, the journalists put their jobs, reputations and lives on the line to expose the truth.

Director: Tristan Loraine
Producer: John Davison, Adrian G. Pop, Ian Ryder Smith, John Hoyte, Chris Witkowski
Screenwriter: Tristan Loraine, Vivienne Young
Production Co: Fact Not Fiction Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 13, 2016
Runtime: 1h 42m

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