7500 Movie review 2020

7500 Film is an action-thriller film it’s about a terrorist plane hijacking is written and directed by Patrick Vollrath with his co-writer Senad Halilbasic, film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar, Aylin Tezel.

When the young co-pilot Tobis Ellis gets on his plane in the morning and prepares the machine for take-off, he does not expect the stroke of the fate that will still hit him and all other people on board.

Shortly after the Airbus reached cruising altitude, a group of men armed with broken glass attempted to storm the cockpit.

After a bitter fight, Tobias manages to lock the door to the cockpit and get the machine back on track. However, he has to share the confined space with the seriously injured captain and an unconscious attacker.

In addition, the locked-out terrorists try to blackmail him to open the door by announcing that he will murder passengers and personnel one after the other, This threat hits Tobias particularly hard because among the stewardesses his wife.

The title "7500" is the code word commonly used in international aviation for a hijacking, because "Seven five" sounds like "I feel a knife" in English.

7500 Trailer (2020)

In addition, 7500 is the flight number of the Airbus A319, in which the thriller takes place.

The film is likely to be particularly attractive for domestic film fans, as its director Patrick Vollrath learned his skills at the film academy in Vienna.

The native of Saxony had the privilege of studying under director legend Michael Haneke and his graduation film "Everything will be fine" was nominated for the "Best Short Film" category at the 2015 Oscars.

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First of all; Vollrath has successfully made the leap from short film to a $5 million feature film. "7500" is well aware of the high demands of its genre, but manages to stand out despite a large number of older "airplane thrillers".

The main reason for that success is Vollrath’s dogged insistence on authenticity, The audiovisual and acting staging of the film enables the viewer to get completely lost in the action from the very first minute, making "7500" an absolute must for hard-boiled thriller fanatics.

The plane shocker could be a bit too realistic and uncomfortable for film fans with a bit of a streak.

Especially those who suffer from aviophobia should take this warning to heart since there is probably no second example of a collection of moving images that can so credibly and intensely reflect the nightmare of an anxious flight passenger.

Even in a scene before the attack, when Tobias and his the captain took to the air with the Airbus, the camera swaying to the window and the crazy bass played gave us the feeling that we had left the ground ourselves.

As with other "Kammerspiele" like "127 Hours", the question at "7500" before watching is whether the entire runtime can get by without lengthy digits if the film does only play in one location.

The only thing that can be said about this is that the viewer is not given a respite during the 90 minutes of the streak, which is why he is not given the opportunity to feel bored.

As already mentioned the camera manages to capture the width of the airspace very well with the 2.39: 1 side distance but is also able to give the viewer an overview during the scenes in the narrow cockpit.

The authenticity of such a film lives just as much from its actors and Vollrath was more than fortunate to have the great Joseph Gordon Levitt, who one should know from films like "Inception", "The Dark Knight Rises" or "Snowden", for his project to have won.

Levitt manages to overwhelm the overwhelmed yet rational copilot so sympathetically and credibly that’s the horrific events that happen to him are much more unbearable to watch.

The acting of Omid Memar, who is one of the terrorists, and Aylin Tezel, who embodies Tobias' wife, should also be highlighted.

With “7500”, director Patrick Vollrath and co-author Senad Halilbasic (former UNCUT journalist) created one of the best written, directed, and played thrillers of the past years.

The credibility and the realism of the strip mean that as the viewer you cannot predict the course of the story at any time and as soon as you have reached the end soaked in sweat, you no longer have to cut your fingernails.