Mayday (2005)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Too many fans seem to be blown away

To me, this movie is perfection.

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Considering this is a made for TV movie,the special effects were above the normal TV standard. Some good movie actors,Dean Cain and Adrian Quinn star in this film. I was able to purchase a DVD copy of this film,Mayday,through the German DVD shops which can be found on the web-sites. Grant you,this a made for TV film, it was not bad. The special effects,when the missal hit the plane,was well done. If you should wish to purchase a copy of this DVD from Germany,make sure your DVD player plays the European standard,pal system,if it does not,your player will not be able to play it. Does your player play other region DVD's,check your manual. I the player was purchased in the USA or Canada,no doubt it is region one. Here in Canada,multi region DVD players are for sale,or,do this,on the internet,type in DVD hackers list,this list lists all the players that are capable of playing this region DVD. It also gives instructions on how to change the region codes on your player,many DVD player,this can be done. Good luck.

OK, I have to admit - I became entranced in this movie switching to it after the missile had already hit the plane - I was confused as to the plot, but it held my interest until the end - couldn't wait to see "what happens next". Plus, the cast gave the movie its raison d'etre (reason to be).Now, they land the plane, then walk toward the media to "become heroes" (stupid last line, very comparable to the last line of the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, "I feel like struttin!"). I thought, 'this has to be a mini series', since the airline responsibility and the military secret both had to be exposed...THIS is where I thought the movie would save itself. But NO..now I find out THAT WAS IT! Now, I'm really upset with myself for watching it. what a let down.

I thought I purchased the book a long time ago, but since the price reads $2.95 on the cover; it was not that far back. I bought it because I love both survival after air crash stories and plots about near disaster, in any aircraft.So when the movie was advertised this evening Sunday October 2, 2005 on CBS; I looked forword to seeing it .. having read the book.I think that those who expect Citizen Kane 1941), or Shane (1953) for a made for TV movie; they just expect too much. I enjoyed the book; it had some unique story ideas; ditto as a TV Sunday night movie; it was a good little adventure.In the book there were many sub-plots. I wondered if some would be slashed altogether in the movie version. They seemed to keep all of them, but just tightened them up. I did not find that, doing any harm. An evening movie on television can never be as long as a book.Without committing a "spoiler," I am able to say that I wish they had left-in the part of the story taking place in the book at the end. I will leave it at that so as not to commit that "spoiler" mentioned above, by identifying what took place or where, at the end.Altogether, I was glad it was on this Sunday night. I enjoyed seeing it rather than some silly sitcoms. Even knowing the original story; I knew I was going to have a nice original and unique adventure to watch that evening. And I did.Also, some who have seen this air disaster movie could at least credit the film for not following the usual contrivance of many flashbacks to introduce each passenger's life prior to the flight. Not having flashbacks—not one—and not introducing the passengers at all, except for a very short opening at the airport with the lead's son, was in itself something that was worth the commercial interruptions. That should be recognized as a major, and long needed change in disaster films of all kinds. I am so sick of learning in other disaster movies that one passenger was an ex-hooker and one was an ex-rancher who sold bad beef to the packing house and one—who was being transported in an iron-lung—was thinking of suicide and so on, and on and on..I guess that anyone who is wondering what this reviewer was talking about three paragraphs above, that was a major hair-raising conclusion at the end, will just have to check out the book at their library to find out; and I will not have committed a spoiler.For a Sunday night movie, I enjoyed it a lot. Now I have the book and taped the movie; all I need is to find the script for sale.

I saw it, and I thought it was a very decent movie. It is certainly not a waste of time, and it was like a breath of fresh air compared to all the other crap showing on local broadcast TV. The plot was not original, but I like how they presented it. And I also thought the jet was cool. The acting was 'OK'. I have certainly seen worse in the movie theater, but it could have been better. The music score fit the movie well and the actors were OK. The plane was cool to look at. The plot, although not original, was interesting. It also has a good cliff hanger to it, and at one point in the movie I was afraid of the dreaded "To be Continued" (this was before I knew I was watching a movie). The over all feel to it was like a really good episode of "24".Bottom Line: Not a waste of time, but not exactly super-fantastic either.