Flightplan (2005)

Flightplan (2005)

Drama/Mystery/Thriller

Kyle Pratt is an American aircraft engineer, who has became a widow since her husband David fell off from their roof. Kyle is raising alone 6-year old daughter, Julia. Kyle decides to bury David's body in the United States, she and Julia fly with plane back to the States. They step aboard of Aalto Airlines, Elgn 747, which Kyle helped to design. Kyle and Julia fall asleep for a few hours, Kyle wakes up and realizes Julia is missing. She tries to remain calm, but starts to panic when flight attendants claim they've never seen Julia. Stephanie, one of the flight attendants contacts Berlin airport, where she gets the shocking information - they don't have a record of Julia boarding the flight. After some time searching for Julia gives
no results, Kyle has a long conversation with Captain Rich, who thinks she imagines having Julia coming on board. After Captain leaves Gene Carson in charge of Kyle's behavior, she starts blaming two foreign men Ahmed and Obaid of kidnapping Julia. Captain Rich notifies Julia died in the same accident as David. Kyle tries to run away, but one of the Arab men pushes her and she faints after the hit. Kyle wakes up in her seat, where she gets talking to a therapist named Lisa. They talk for a while until Kyle decides she needs some moments alone in the bathroom. Finally being alone in the bathroom, Kyle makes a desperate attempt to find her daughter for the last time in the places, where the crew hasn't searched. She searches the cars while Captain and Carson try to locate her. Carson finds her around David's casket and escorts her back to the plane. Kyle stays in put until the plane lands in New York, it becomes clear Carson is the hijacker of the plane and has been the whole this time. Kyle locks Carson by handcuffs and goes finding Julia. Carson and his helper, flight attendant Stephanie stay on the other side of the plain and Kyle on the other. Kyle faces Stephanie, who makes a quick escape on the last
minute, Carson is still on the plane. Kyle finds Julia unconcious and tries to find a way to get out of the plane with her. Kyle uses explosives on Carson, blowing up the whole plane. She carries Julia out of the plane for everyone to see she
told the truth the whole time. Passengers, including Captain Rich are shocked, though he tries to apologize to Kyle about his skepticism. Stephanie is being hold by FBI and is escorted away in handcuffs. Kyle escorts her daughter away, she is being helped by one of the Arab passengers. Julia wakes up and sleepily wonders they are already in New York as her mother promised her before the flight. 
Produced by Brian Grazer, who produced biographic sport movie Cinderella Man in 2005.
Directed by Robert Schwentke, who directed crime-thriller movie Tattoo in 2002.
Written by Peter A. Dowling and Billy Ray. Ray wrote dramatic history movie Shattered Glass in 2003.

Cast: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Erika Christensen, Assaf Cohen, Marlene Lawston, Kate Beahan