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Name: Default
Genre: Thriller
Released: October 17, 2014
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 34
Cast: Benjamin Ochieng, David Oyelowo, Greg Callahan, Katherine Moennig, Stephen Lord

2014

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GoDigital | Release Date: October 17, 2014 | Not Rated

Starring: Benjamin Ochieng, David Oyelowo, Greg Callahan, Katherine Moennig, Stephen Lord

Summary: An American news crew is taken hostage aboard a chartered jet off the coast of Seychelles by a gang of Somali pirates. The leader of the pirates is driven by one goal - to be interviewed by a prominent member of the crew, legendary journalist Frank Saltzman. For the welfare of his colleagues Saltzman agrees to the demand before realizingAn American news crew is taken hostage aboard a chartered jet off the coast of Seychelles by a gang of Somali pirates. The leader of the pirates is driven by one goal - to be interviewed by a prominent member of the crew, legendary journalist Frank Saltzman. For the welfare of his colleagues Saltzman agrees to the demand before realizing they are immersed in a mortal battle that questions personal beliefs and the nature of fear.… Expand

Director: Simon Brand

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Ben Kenigsberg

Oct 16, 2014

The film is stronger with its moment-to-moment tension than with its cynical, shallow media satire. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Oct 18, 2014

There is a better, more contemplative movie to be made with this material, but with Brand and the filmmakers opting for cheap thrills, it leaves the movie, like the passengers on the plane, stuck on the tarmac. Read full review

Jonathan Holland

Oct 16, 2014

Default’s search for ultra-realism ironically starts to make it look ultra-artificial. Read full review

Chris Packham

Oct 14, 2014

It sacrifices its voice to the premeditated non-style of a first-person pseudo-documentary, a form that often has the paradoxical effect of making everything it shows us seem more fake than usual. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Oct 16, 2014

Director Simon Brand devotes so much running time to fear-mongering and grotesque stereotypes that a last-ditch effort at moral ambiguity and a critique on muckraking barely register. Read full review

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