The Captain

Released Oct 18, 2019

1h 51m

Drama

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75%

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8 Reviews

96%

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50+ Verified Ratings

Passengers and crew aboard a Chinese airline start to panic when the windshield shatters shortly after takeoff. As the temperature plummets and people lose consciousness, the strong-willed captain does whatever he can to land the plane safely.

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Wendy Ide

Screen International

A corny but enjoyable disaster flick which makes up for what it lacks in polished CGI with a rattling pace and plenty of bracingly authentic scenes of screaming passenger panic.

Nov 18, 2019

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Richard Kuipers

Variety

Though riddled with wobbly dialogue and wafer-thin characters, this patriotic thriller is easy enough to enjoy if you don't look too closely.

Oct 18, 2019

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

A proper nail-biter even if you already know what happens in the real life story.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 4, 2019

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Frank Ochieng

Flick Feast

...[a] hair-raising, high-in-the-sky action thriller. Lau's action-adventure spectacle that feels as unapologetically loose and unrestrained as a defective seat belt.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 3, 2020

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Daniel Eagan

Film Legacy

Passengers on a flight to Tibet survive accidents and weather in a disaster pic that's become a blockbuster hit in China.

Oct 21, 2019

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Essentially 'Sully' without the nuance, a throwback to the disaster-movie formulas of pre-'Airplane!' days.

Rated: C

Oct 19, 2019

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Brad Lee D

What a wonderful surprise this movie was I was a little bit weary about it being in Mandarin and watching subtitles- but because this film is based off of a true story it was very compelling. This film takes you on a journey of a day in the life of a pilot and the crew from takeoff to landing and the incredible true story of one captain and the crews courage to get through impossible odds

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/25/19

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Michelle L

Love this movie! Well done!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/22/19

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Tan T

Very good suspenseful movie, well made. The ensemble cast was very good

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/21/19

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John B

Didn't know any of the actors or actresses in this true story, but still engaging as it kept me engaged to see how they made it through this emergency situation in the sky. Thought they did a good job of capturing each of the characters as well as the procedures that the crew goes through before boarding the plane, good teamwork.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/12/23

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WeAre T

I signed up for a RT account so that I could give this movie 2 stars. I appreciate that things have to be dramatized, but it's an awful shame that they couldn't just take the ACTUALLY AMAZING story of this flight and dramatize that. I'll give you the "how many of you are members of the Communist Party". I'll give you the incredibly competent and sparkling ATC and Chinese military control towers and flight centers. I'll give you the interpersonal drama and glistening, beautiful, ultra competent flight crew... but nothing in the CAC incident review says anything about flying through a hail storm or losing contact on radar. There's an opportunity for the flight nerd kids or some other audience stand-in to explain why things are so challenging and dangerous... but they miss those opportunities to instead create utterly superfluous interpersonal conflict that just makes it exhausting. It detracts and diminishes from the truly heroic actions of the crew in this incident. Real heroes are real. Their heroic actions don't need fluffing, just celebrating. Hey, maybe learn a little bit about flight from your action movies about flight. Yeesh.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/17/23

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Audience Member

An aaful movie, with corny dialogues, propagandistic drama, "Problems" that get resolved within 5 minutes and characters who dont add nothing to the argument. However, The visual effects and cgi were pretty good.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

Director

Hanyu Zhang

Liu Changjian

Jiang Du

Liang Dong

Qin Li

Zhou Yawen

Shu Chen

Liu Changjian's Wife

Joyce Wenjuan Feng

Airport Controller

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Synopsis

Passengers and crew aboard a Chinese airline start to panic when the windshield shatters shortly after takeoff. As the temperature plummets and people lose consciousness, the strong-willed captain does whatever he can to land the plane safely.

Director: Andrew Lau Wai-Keung
Screenwriter: Yonggan Yu
Distributor: Well Go USA
Production Co: Emei Film Group, Bona Film Group, Huaxia Film Distribution Company, Alibaba Pictures Group
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 18, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 24, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $702.9K
Runtime: 1h 51m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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