An action thriller, Flightplan is a tale of a mother whose six year old daughter mysteriously disappeared on board a flight from Berlin to New York.

Kyle Pratt played by Jodie Foster, is an American aeronautics engineer living and working in Germany. She and her six year old daughter Julia (Marlene Lawston) are flying from Berlin to New York, with the body of her husband who committed suicide by jumping off a building. Kyle is emotionally devastated by the death of her husband.

Kyle and Julia are flying on a state of the art 474 jumbo aircraft and shortly after taking off, both of them doze off in their seats. When Kyle wakes up during mid flight, Julia has disappeared. Julia's name is not on the passenger list and no one could prove that she was on that flight. Everyone on board including Captain Rich (Sean Bean) and Air Marshal Gene Carson (Peter Sarsgaard) are making an extensive search on plane for Julia, but there was no records indicating that Julia ever existed. Kyle is all alone to prove that Julia was on that flight and she has to rely on her own wits to solve this mystery. Is Kyle delusional or is there some kind of foul play involving Julia?.

Director Robert Schwentke tries to narrates a thrilling story with some grace. The whole drama takes place on an airplane in the midair. He successfully creates a tense situation with the dramatic disappearance of Julia. He tries to put an emphasize on the tense and fearful situations involving modern day air travel.

Academy Award winning actress Jodie Foster puts up a decent performance as Kyle. She portrays a mother's concerns for a daughter and the pain of losing her husband, very well. Her emotional fragility and mental credibility 
are clearly displayed.

The story lacks reality and the ending is kind of drawn out. Some people will find the story, kind of silly. The movie has many intense sequences and violence but entertainment wise, Flightplan, is not worth a trip to the theater.

We rate this movie BELOW AVERAGE.