Altitude

2017 1h 26m EN

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4.9

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★4.9TMDB · 168

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Synopsis

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A female FBI agent is offered millions to help a thief escape from a hijacked airplane.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Dolph Lundgren
Sharpe
Denise Richards
Gretchen Blair
Chuck Liddell
Rawbones
Greer Grammer
Sadie
Jonathan Lipnicki
Rick
John Posey
Pilot
Chelsea Edmundson
Clare
Jordi Vilasuso
Luke Byres

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alex Merkin
Writers: Jesse Mittelstadt, Tyler W. Konney, Jesse Mittelstadt
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alex Merkin, shot by Dane Lawing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alex Merkin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Dolph Lundgren and Denise Richards and Chuck Liddell carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4556370 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Alex Merkin directs. Dane Lawing behind the camera. Alex Merkin cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 9 years ago.
3Directed by Alex Merkin, shot by Dane Lawing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Alex Merkin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Dolph Lundgren and Denise Richards and Chuck Liddell carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt4556370 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 14 themes, including "affectation", "melancholy", "taunting", "angry".

The technical file

Cinematography: Dane Lawing
Editing: Alex Merkin
Production design: Shannon Muldoon
Costume design: Corey Czerwinski
Makeup / hair: Alexis Kleyla
Sound: Bradley Elliott
Stunt coordinator: Brennan Dyson
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Altitude (2017)

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Gimly2017-06-10
★ 3/10
There is no great glaringly obvious flaw in Altitude that ruins it. It's not outright dumb, the plot more-or-less makes sense, the acting is serviceable, but it's just so... Nothing. There's not a single person, place or thing that ingratiated Altitude to me. It's as forgettable as they come, and does nothing you haven't seen done better elsewhere. Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid if possible.
Reno2017-09-08
★ 3/10
A mid air hijack thriller! The opening scene looked nice, but soon it turned out a disaster. I did not like how one cop saved the day, just like that. Then moving to the second stage of the film, which is going to take place on a plane on the mid altitude. So another one day event film, because I've seem quite a lot of them at the recent time. Do I know this director? No, I don't. The Actors? Not all, but those I'm familiar with are not a big star or I've not seen them for a very long. The story is about a domestic plane getting hijacked. Like most of the film, our hero who is happened to be a cop is on that plane when an unknown gang takes over it in the mid air. When the incident breaks out, she slips away to find out the reason behind it. Meanwhile, in the panic and chaos, the plan disrupts for the gang. Later the motives were revealed to us, following, the end approaches where one final confrontation to take down the bad guys happens. The overall production looked decent, except the graphics part. That graphics were terrible, compared to other B movies that has better visuals than this. The performances were okay. The story was nothing, just an event based film and how people would react to being in such position was the film. Totally, an unnecessary film. Particularly Dolph Lundgren, who did nothing than piloting. What a waste! And then the end was unbelievably bad, but expected from such film. No, not worth a watch. 3/10