7500
Patrick Vollrath (2019)
2 STARS
Set almost exclusively in the cockpit of a commercial plane, 7500 is an intense watch. Tobias Ellis (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is co-pilot of a flight from Berlin to Paris when it is hijacked, he must overcome adversity and his emotions to safely land the plane. Suspense is created superbly through camerawork, a lack of score and, most notably, another brilliant performance by Gordon-Levitt. Unfortunately, the first and final twenty minutes are laborious and un-engaging, what is intended to be a high emotion finale is undermined by a complete lack of cinematic force. Omid Memar succeeds as the frightened eighteen-year-old that got caught up in something he shouldn’t have, but is let down by the lack of exposition for any character other than the protagonist. There have been many brilliant films set almost exclusively in one room but 7500 doesn’t quite land.