‘7500’ Film Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Gets Tough in Nerve-Wracking Cockpit Thriller

Where did the universe, humanity, our planet and chocolate ice cream come from? They were all created by a giant, all-powerful being made of spaghetti, with two googly-eyes on raised stalks and a pair of meatballs where cheeks would bulge. This is the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), and if there were any justice in the world, His story would stand as good a chance of being taught as fact in American schools as the anti-evolution narrative called Intelligent Design.

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Even though theaters have been shut down for months, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t incredible new films being released. It’s just that instead of dragging the family to the big screen, spending loads of money on concessions, and dealing with the people on their cellphones, you can enjoy great cinema, such as “7500,” in the comfort of your home.

The day begins like any other. Veteran pilot Tobias Ellis (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) sits down in the cockpit of a plane flying out of Berlin without a care in the world.

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Also Read: '7500' Film Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Gets Tough in Nerve-Wracking Cockpit ThrillerInstead of the Overlook Hotel, we have an imposing modern house in the Welsh countryside, where Theo Conroy (Bacon), a rich banker who retired under a cloud of suspicion after being acquitted of murdering his first wife, has gone to spend some relaxing time with his actress wife, Susanna (Amanda Seyfried), and their young daughter, Ella (Avery Essex).There are clearly tensions in the relationship,

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAfter several years of high-profile roles in movies like “500 Days of Summer,” “Inception,” “Looper” and “Snowden,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt stepped back from the spotlight for three years to spend time with his wife and young children. After his self-imposed hiatus, he returns this week with “7500,” a taut thriller that is set almost entirely in the cockpit of an airplane that’s being hijacked by terrorists.

Former teen heartthrob Joseph Gordon-Levitt shows us a different kind of action hero in 7500, German director Patrick Vollrath’s taut, old-fashioned thriller for Amazon Prime Video. He plays an under-pressure pilot whose plane is hijacked by terrorists in his first film for three years.After some ominous airport CCTV footage of passengers strolling through a Berlin airport, we’re crammed into the cockpit of a flight from the German capital to Paris.

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Movies that take place in one location always fascinate me.While films that travel to vast destinations and other worlds are always fun, there’s something special about films that take place in one small location. There can’t be that many actors so the film relies on the actor and story to be entertaining.