Another brilliant film by the marvelous Jodie Foster. It is these films which raise films to their form as art. The sense of urgency, grief, drive Foster displays are seamlessly crafted so that we viewers forget that she is she and truly believe the character. A surprising and welcome addition to the cast are Greta Scacchi in a small role and the wonderfully emotive Sean Bean as the charming, sympathetic, annoyed, well trained Captain, the latter raising to meet Foster's abilities with equal skill, making this film (with all the other brilliant actors) a tense, thrilling, emotional roller coaster which could take place in many places not just a plane.