Whoever dreamed up this movie probably asked himself this question: what if you had a giant squid up in the clouds? In all fairness, that's a *great* question.
Canadian teens Sara (Jessica Lowndes), Mel (Julianna Guill), Cory (Ryan Donowho), Bruce (Landon Liboiron), and Sal (Jake Weary) decide to go to see Coldplay but, this being Canada, the quickest way to get to the gig is by air. And so that's what they do, in a twin engine airplane.
Sara (the mature one) pilots, though her friends don't put much trust in her skills. She assures them all is fine but loses the plot anyhow when the skies turn unfriendly.
Inside the claustrophobic cabin personalities get amplified and Sal (douche), who has been chugging away beers, decides to act up, upsets his girlfriend Mel (chick) in the process, and gets to find out that his buddy Cory (sensitive guitar player) has feelings for Mel while Bruce (the silent one) freaks everybody out as he's hit by a pang of angst.
And this all even before the squid gets to make its appearance.
Now, it'd be easy to dismiss the movie as Cloverfield (2008) on a budget except that it's just as good if not even better. Let's just say that it has whetted my appetite for Monsters (2010) of which I've learned about only recently.
(Running time: 90 minutes)
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