Girls of Geek B Movie Review: Airplane vs. Volcano

Written by Scotty

Taking a relaxing vacation is something that everyone should do.  Getting away from the stress of the real world and let your most stressful decision be about what you will be eating for dinner.  Putting the real life pressures on someone else while you let all of yours slip away might be a little bit selfish, but it is your vacation and you deserve it.

A standard flight from Los Angeles to Hawaii is underway and running without a hitch.  The plane is flying fine, the passengers are happy and carefree and getting ready to land.  The only problem that the pilots are facing is radio silence form the control tower on the island, and then they figure out why.  A massive ash cloud has formed in front of the plane that has killed all of their communications along with a new volcano range forming before their very eyes.

The passengers become aware of the issue, especially Rick Pierce who is keeping close tabs on the pilots as he was one in his past life.  When he notices that the plane is not responding at all to the lava balls that are falling towards the plane, he has to figure out why.  With both pilots dead at the controls, the plane is being flown by auto-pilot and although it is keeping the plane level, it is not taking into account the violent effects of the volcanoes in front of it.  Without knowing the code to disable the auto-pilot, Rick has to fight with all of his power to maneuver the plane through the eruptions that are taking over the Hawaiian Islands.

Airplane vs. Volcano follows a plane full of fun loving vacation seekers that are on their way to the Hawaii Islands to get away.  When the plane flies into an active volcano range, all bets are off as they do not have full control of the jetliner to avoid the oncoming terrors that the volcanos are spewing out.  Rick Pierce is the only person qualified to take control of the plane when the pilots are killed and tries everything he can to keep himself and fellow passengers alive, but the volcanoes might be the least of his worries as a few of his fellow fliers are frightened beyond belief and believe that he is the problem and will kill them before they have a shot at being rescued.  As the forces on the ground have to worry about the evacuation of the islands while the volcanos are erupting, one staff sergeant is worried about the safety of the people on the plane and is willing to lose his stripes to make sure they are delivered safely as well. 

An exciting look at how the passengers on a plane that is destined to crash while being stuck in an active volcano range have to work together to survive.  Without being able to land and fuel running low, they have to formulate plans on what they can do inside of the plane, and although it may not seem like a lot, they are able to make it go much further than they could imagine.  I was pleasantly impressed with the emotions that were displayed in this film as sometimes that is left at the door with all of the action that is going down, but I think it was captured perfectly as everyone starts to believe that there is no way out of their situation and they will all die at the volcano's hand.  Happy Viewing.

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