Altitude

R

Released Apr 14, 2017

1h 28m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Audience Score

100+ Ratings

Gretchen Blair is a headstrong FBI agent who goes rogue during a hostage negotiation and is sent packing to a desk job back in Washington, D.C. As soon as her flight takes off, her seatmate offers her millions of dollars if she can get him off the plane alive. As his ex-partners stage a brutal hijacking, Gretchen finds herself in the fight of her life -- choosing sides between two factions of a criminal gang while trying to keep the plane from going down.

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Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

Since the action takes place entirely on the plane, it's mainly of the claustrophobic variety, with the shootouts and fistfights often rendered in near incomprehensible fashion.

Apr 17, 2017

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

The cast is game and the pace blessedly zippy, but everything about this film feels too fake to generate any real suspense.

Apr 13, 2017

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Kira T

Se pasaron las leyes de la física por los huevos y una trama además de sonsa bastante cliché

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/23/23

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Audience Member

The plane was a mish mash of a wide variety aircreafr, sometimes the nose looked like a 757, some of the models looked like a 737. Early in the movie the plane was referred to as having fly by wire, later a hydraulic failure was mentioned. The walls looked like a 747, as did the exits, but the plane was a narrowbody. The special effects were terrible from the takeoff to the terrible ending crash scene. The radar screen never left the LA Basin, not what would be expected for a flight heading to Washington DC. Te scene landing and taking off between the flaming whatevers was ridiculous.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Altitude is that what you expect from a low budget B movie. The movie takes entirely almost on a plane so the movie does feel claustrophobic which means the action scenes are poorly shot and he can barely see what’s going on. The plot is a bit ridiculous with a lot of plot errors and bad acting. It’s a watchable film but as you can probably tell the ending is predictable and forgettable.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/18/20

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Audience Member

Watched it 2 days ago and can't remember what happened in the film. Decent and interesting enough so would probably watch it again at some point. I do remember the cliché and tacky moments though, in particular the climax line "you need to get more altitude!" 🤦🏼‍♂️ .

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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adam b

A downright terrible film. Bad acting, dumb story, even dumber script, and with SOME of the CGI being the only redeeming quality. Side note; Denise Richards is one of the worst actresses I've seen star as the main character of a film. Avoid avoid avoid

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Generic and lifeless.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/25/18

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Alex Merkin

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Denise Richards

Gretchen Blair

Dolph Lundgren

Matthew Sharpe

Jonathan Lipnicki

Rick

Greer Grammer

Sadie

Chelsea Edmundson

Clare

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Synopsis

Gretchen Blair is a headstrong FBI agent who goes rogue during a hostage negotiation and is sent packing to a desk job back in Washington, D.C. As soon as her flight takes off, her seatmate offers her millions of dollars if she can get him off the plane alive. As his ex-partners stage a brutal hijacking, Gretchen finds herself in the fight of her life -- choosing sides between two factions of a criminal gang while trying to keep the plane from going down.

Director: Alex Merkin
Producer: Richard Switzer, Tyler W. Konney, Phillip B. Goldfine, Jared Safier, Jonathan DelPonte, Chad Law, John Landolfi
Screenwriter: Jesse Mittelstadt
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Switzer Entertainment Group, Taylor & Dodge
Rating: R (Language and Some Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 14, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 14, 2017
Runtime: 1h 28m

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