MOVIE · 2012

Flight

DramaThriller138 min

Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has spent years flying while hiding a dependence on drugs and alcohol, until a catastrophic mechanical failure sends his plane into a deadly dive. Denzel Washington is Whip, who pulls off a startling crash-landing and is suddenly treated as a hero. Robert Zemeckis follows the aftermath on the ground as reporters, hospital rooms, and a federal investigation close in. Whip vows to get sober, but the inquiry into the accident keeps pulling his private habits into public view.