Anachronistic. But a great idea.
Adapting King can be touch and go. You can get a classic like CARRIE but then a so-so effort like THINNER.
Based on a Stephen King novel, this TV movie adaptation is about the passengers on a red-eye airplane flight from L.A to Boston who awaken to find that the rest of the passengers and crew are gone, and they are all alone on the plane, which will soon run out of fuel.
Imagine yourself on a redeye flight to Boston, you wake up in the middle of a night to find out that almost all other passengers have disappeared. And something is wrong with the familiar things around you.
This is very very good. It's not perfect, with Pinchot being hilariously over the top, and Stockwell's annoying author insert.
Watch this movie for the story, but be prepared for 90s cheesiness and cringe acting at times.There is a strong build up especially in the first part, but in the second part it kinda loses that magic.
I remember hearing about "The Langoliers" 20+ years ago, but never saw it until it came on TV unexpectedly today (May, 2016). I felt I had to watch and almost from the beginning kept fighting the urge to turn it off.
There's a roughly 10 minute scene where the plane is descending from cruising altitude to land. The people on the plane don't know what's happened below.
Oh boy. The 1995 miniseries known as The Langoliers.
