The Aviation Cocktail

Name: The Aviation Cocktail
Genre: Thriller
Released: April 26, 2013
Duration: 96 min

2013

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Pilots Lounge | Release Date: April 26, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: For three WWII veterans, war was nothing compared to the personal battles they would face back home.

Director: David R. Higgins

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Rob Staeger

Oct 30, 2014

The scenery looks just fine, however; it's the performances and dialogue that wobble and creak. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Oct 30, 2014

There are rich veins to mine here had writer-director David R. Higgins bothered. Read full review

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Velocifaptor

Mar 19, 2018

"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially." - Ernest Hemingway

The genre of the modern day (or at least a-traditionally period) western is"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially." - Ernest Hemingway

The genre of the modern day (or at least a-traditionally period) western is fascinating. Especially because each one has at least a touch of noir flavor; characters will indulge in a little too much whiskey, a few too many cigarettes, and the camera will linger on their bad habits. After all, they film well; but the approach is also deconstructionist.

What The Aviation Cocktail teaches us is that it's hard to be good to bad people. Toxicity spreads; and even a good man (like the film's protagonist) can be dragged into a web of lies and deceit. I won't spoil anything here, but AC delves into adultery, vigilantism, alcoholism and the very heart of toxic masculinity, and by the end, everyone is worse for it.

Except the audience, that is, as the film is quietly beautiful. Masterfully shot and executed, it keeps up a tightly wound pace that doesn't let up from the first, tense sequence (a standoff that sets the film's tone perfectly). This reviewer hasn't seen quite such an eye for all the standards of Midwestern Americana since a young Michael Bay stepped onto the scene.

I'll leave this film with a 9 out of 10, only on the principle that no film is perfect, although some come close.… Expand

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