The read
A Balasaur Score of 51 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 30%, Metacritic 47/100. Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
971 audience votes
Key crew
- Edward BurnsScreenplay
- Scott FrankScreenplay
- John MooreDirector
- Marco BeltramiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dennis QuaidFrank Towns
- Tyrese GibsonAJ
- Giovanni RibisiElliott
- Miranda OttoKelly
- Tony CurranRodney
- Sticky FingazJeremy
- Jacob VargasSammi
- Hugh LaurieIan
- Scott Michael CampbellLiddle
- Kevork MalikyanRady
- Jared PadaleckiDavis
- Paul DitchfieldDr. Gerber
