Director: Jean-François Richet
A commercial flight goes down in hostile territory, and the pilot who saved his passengers from the crash still has to save them from what is waiting on the ground; that is the setup driving Plane, a lean 2023 action thriller.
What is Plane about?
Captain Brodie Torrance is flying a nearly empty red-eye through a lightning storm when a strike knocks out his instruments and forces him toward the nearest possible runway, an island controlled by armed separatist factions rather than any national government. Getting the plane down in one piece turns out to be the easy part. On the ground, Torrance has to keep a handful of surviving passengers alive while local militias circle the wreck, each with its own reason to want the plane, its cargo, or the people on board.
Cast & crew
Gerard Butler plays Torrance with the grounded, procedural focus that has defined his recent action work, treating the character as a competent professional rather than an invincible hero. Mike Colter plays a fellow passenger whose skillset becomes essential once the group is stranded, and the two actors' partnership carries most of the film's second half. Tony Goldwyn and Daniella Pineda appear as the airline-side team working the crisis from a distance, while director Jean-Francois Richet keeps the on-island sequences tight and physically grounded.
Context & significance
Plane opened in 2023 as a straightforward action thriller, built around the mechanics of a plane crash and a hostage standoff rather than any larger conspiracy. Its setting, a fictional stretch of contested territory, lets the film use armed militia conflict as an obstacle course for its characters rather than a subject it examines in depth. The film leans on practical stakes: fuel, weapons, headcounts, and time, which keeps its pacing brisk across just over an hour and a half.
Where & how to watch
Plane streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles available. The film's page can be read without logging in, and a free K-Time account is required only when you're ready to press play. K-Time delivers its library through a Farsi-first viewing experience for Persian-speaking audiences everywhere, including international action titles like this one.