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As a Canadian, I am often subjected to low-budget Canadian knockoffs of big-budget American films. I just want everyone out there to know that, yes, they’re terrible, and I apologize to everyone around the world who has been hoodwinked into watching any of them. The box cover of this direct-to-video stink bomb depicts a jumbo jet flying through a city street with skyscrapers on either side, a visual that is nowhere to be seen in the actual film. This is a no-money knockoff disaster film made to profit on the incredible nonsuccess of Turbulence, and it features some seriously bad acting. Many of the performers are trying unsuccessfully to hide their French-Canadian accents. You’re expecting someone in the control tower to bring in poutine (in case you’re interested, poutine is a French-Canadian french fry treat) and start digging in. There’s terrible model and effects work, the score is rotten, and worst of all, the script is just plain bad. If you’re still reading this review at this point, you might be interested to learn that the thin plot involves a luxury Teknacom 727, which is transporting the daughter of a famous Bill Gates-type owner of a computer firm. He’s played by Joe Mantegna, who, we hope, picked up a fat check for two or three days’ work. This kid, a young, pre-24 Elisha Cuthbert, is one of the brattiest characters ever to be filmed. Why anyone would watch the first 10 minutes and not want her to come to a grisly end is beyond me. Through a series of ridiculous incidents, Cuthbert is alone, piloting the plane. Enter a hipster/doofus air traffic controller, played by Charles Powell, who manages to

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make contact with her. Mantegna arrives at the control booth to join in the exposition. Before long, Powell, our hero, is delivering lines like “I’m gonna be your Charlton Heston,” with a straight face. Honestly, Powell is no Charlton Heston, mostly because he never grinds his teeth or barks lines like “Climb, baby, climb!” Trying to break the monotony of shooting mostly in two locations, the director employs a bizarre editing technique I’ve never seen before. When the characters briefly lose radio contact with Cuthbert, the dialogue scene that follows is edited using nothing but a series of dissolves, for no reason whatsoever. Come on, guys. Just because you throw in one significant American actor doesn’t mean you can fool everyone into thinking you’ve made a big American film. Will we Canadians ever learn?

Most Spectacular Moment of Carnage The pilot’s electrocution, displayed via dime-store special effects, is by far the cheesiest, most unintentionally hilarious moment in the film.

Note: To make poutine, fry up some french fries and dump as many cheese curds on top of them as you can. In the meantime, heat a pan of brown gravy. Pour the gravy over the fries and cheese curds, kiss your arteries goodbye, and enjoy.

After sitting through films like Survive! and Cyclone that have exploited the cannibalistic aspects of this true story about a horrifying plane crash, I approached yet another telling of the story with a great deal of trepidation. Surprisingly, Alive is an excellent film that was made with the full cooperation of the survivors. Based on the bestselling book by Piers Paul Read and scripted by Oscar winner John Patrick Shanley, the film takes the time to fully develop its characters. Following a brief introduction (from an uncredited John Malkovich), we are introduced to the passengers just minutes before they crash. Writer Shanley and director Marshall manage to introduce the many characters efficiently without slowing down the film. These people are really likable, and a relatively big budget allows the filmmakers to realistically depict such frightening moments as the plane crash (some people are sucked out of the plane as it breaks in two; some are crushed as their section hits the mountain) and, later, a claustrophobic avalanche sequence in which the characters, portrayed in abject terror, are submerged under many feet of snow. There are also great moments of intensity (one of the characters slips and dangles from a mountain ledge) during expeditions to find food and help. It was a wise move to avoid cutting back to civilization (family members and those looking for the group) like previous versions had. This way, the audience experiences what the characters did, without a break. I could really sense the hopelessness that the characters must have been experiencing after enduring hardship after hardship for 72 straight days. Yet the film also has a surprising sense of humor, as the

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characters are quick to make light of their situation. Watch for a makeshift snowball birthday cake with a cigarette candle. The cannibalistic aspects of the story are well handled and work as a minor element of the story, rather than the only reason for the story. What could have been simply exploitative (not that there’s anything wrong with that) instead turns out to be a downright inspirational film. The movie grossed $36 million domestically, but it didn’t garner the award nominations you might expect. Still, this film is highly recommended; it’s one of the best of the genre you’re likely to see. If you want to learn more about the real-life events that took place afterward, check out Alive: 20 Years Later, a short documentary that was released on video in conjunction with the film’s release.

Most Spectacular Moment of Carnage Naturally, the plane crash, where a big special-effects budget captures the horrifying reality of what it’s like to go down. Passengers are sucked out of the plane, thrown around, and crushed.