The Flyboys

Watch: The Flyboys

PG-13

8/15/20081h 44m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

Two boys from a small town find their courage tested when they accidentally stow away aboard an airplane owned by the mob...

Director:

Rocco DeVilliers

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Revenue:

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Key words:

adolescence
airplane
killing
parachute
bicycle
bully
murder
bag of money
mob family
murdered
teenage friendship
new kid in school

Cast

Jesse James

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Jason McIntyre

Reiley McClendon

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Kyle Barrett

Stephen Baldwin

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Silvio Esposito

Tom Sizemore

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Angelo Esposito

J. Todd Adams

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Lenny Drake

Dallen Gettling

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Ed Thomas

Jennifer Slimko

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Samantha Barrett

Robert Costanzo

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Carmine

Vince Cecere

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Manny

Frank D'Amico

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Sal

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
Based quite loosely on the activities of a famed group of young American pilots who joined the French cause during the Great War, this is a rather disappointing drama. James Franco takes the lead as the charming "Rawlings". He's a man who doesn't really think rules apply to him, but like the rest of his disparate gang, is a brave man who knows how to get his balsa-wood bi-plane up and dangerous. Back then, there was still a certain code of honour between the warring parties and their Bosch opponents (including the "Red Baron") observed some of the niceties of war - a dignity useful on occasion as weapons jamming and engines failing wasn't uncommon. Then he encounters "Lucienne" (Jennifer Decker) in an house of ill-repute, falls for her and must then undertake a perilous rescue mission - against the orders of CO "Thenault" (Jean Reno). The result? Well, she gets shot and he gets a medal! Thing is, though, she must be relocated to a safe hospital and he has to lead a bombing raid - will they ever meet again? Will their love endure? Did anyone care? The camera loved James Franco here, and he does bring a degree of charisma to help carry it through. Otherwise, though, the acting - especially from Reno, is really flat; there's much too much dialogue and what airborne antics there are are not especially well integrated CGI effects that lack realism and culminate in a rather weakly photographed denouement. It could have been better had they bothered to use a few real planes and scored it a little more engagingly. As it is - it's just too long and plodding.