Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on June 11th, 2020, discussing new VOD releases “The King of Staten Island” and “Working Man.”
Rating: 3.5/5.0
7500 An unusual co-production from three countries … USA, Austria and Germany … explores the ongoing terrorism threat on international airlines. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the main character, a co-pilot of an airline in which the captain has been killed and hijackers are trying to infiltrate the cockpit. Available on Amazon Prime. 3.5/5 stars.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee takes on the Vietnam War, through four black veterans of that conflict returning to Saigon to try and find the body of their dead comrade (portrayed in flashback by Chadwick Boseman), and a cache of lost gold. Also featuring Delroy Lindo in a searing performance, as well as Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Available on Netflix. 4/5 stars.
“7500” features Joseph Gordon-Levitt,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
7500 An unusual co-production from three countries … USA, Austria and Germany … explores the ongoing terrorism threat on international airlines. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the main character, a co-pilot of an airline in which the captain has been killed and hijackers are trying to infiltrate the cockpit. Available on Amazon Prime. 3.5/5 stars.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee takes on the Vietnam War, through four black veterans of that conflict returning to Saigon to try and find the body of their dead comrade (portrayed in flashback by Chadwick Boseman), and a cache of lost gold. Also featuring Delroy Lindo in a searing performance, as well as Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Available on Netflix. 4/5 stars.
“7500” features Joseph Gordon-Levitt,...
- 6/23/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an airline pilot in peril in a claustrophobic hijack movie that unfolds in near-real time
Perched uneasily between the melodrama of 70s disaster movies such as the Airport series and the more sober horrors of Paul Greengrass’s 9/11 drama United 93, this lean hijack thriller marks a striking feature debut for German writer/director Patrick Vollrath. Having earned an Oscar nomination for his 2015 short film Alles wird gut (Everything Will Be Okay), Vollrath demonstrates a slick technical ability tinged with a mainstream arthouse sensibility (he studied under Michael Haneke) that may well land him more spectacular commissions in the future.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Tobias, an American co-pilot flying a commercial airliner from Berlin to Paris. Onboard the plane, along with a full load of passengers, are flight attendant Gökce (Aylin Tezel), with whom Tobias has a young child, and a group of hijackers, first observed on thrummingly silent airport surveillance cameras,...
Perched uneasily between the melodrama of 70s disaster movies such as the Airport series and the more sober horrors of Paul Greengrass’s 9/11 drama United 93, this lean hijack thriller marks a striking feature debut for German writer/director Patrick Vollrath. Having earned an Oscar nomination for his 2015 short film Alles wird gut (Everything Will Be Okay), Vollrath demonstrates a slick technical ability tinged with a mainstream arthouse sensibility (he studied under Michael Haneke) that may well land him more spectacular commissions in the future.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Tobias, an American co-pilot flying a commercial airliner from Berlin to Paris. Onboard the plane, along with a full load of passengers, are flight attendant Gökce (Aylin Tezel), with whom Tobias has a young child, and a group of hijackers, first observed on thrummingly silent airport surveillance cameras,...
- 6/21/2020
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
In his first feature film appearance in four years, Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in Amazon’s 7500, a taut thriller from first-time German director Patrick Vollrath. Gordon-Levitt, who last appeared in 2016’s Snowden, stars as Tobias Ellis, a soft-spoken American co-pilot who works for a European airline alongside his flight attendant girlfriend and the mother of his child, Gökce (Aylin Tezel).
After Tobias and his captain, Michael (Carlo Kitzlinger), perform a routine takeoff and their flight leaves Berlin for Paris, a group of terrorists armed with knives storm the cockpit, managing to seriously injure Michael and stab Tobias in the arm. The latter is still able to seal the cockpit and contact ground control to make an emergency landing, but the terrorists outside the door threaten to kill the rest of the passengers and crew–including Gökce–if Tobias doesn’t let them back in.
Vollrath, whose 2015 short film “Everything Will Be...
After Tobias and his captain, Michael (Carlo Kitzlinger), perform a routine takeoff and their flight leaves Berlin for Paris, a group of terrorists armed with knives storm the cockpit, managing to seriously injure Michael and stab Tobias in the arm. The latter is still able to seal the cockpit and contact ground control to make an emergency landing, but the terrorists outside the door threaten to kill the rest of the passengers and crew–including Gökce–if Tobias doesn’t let them back in.
Vollrath, whose 2015 short film “Everything Will Be...
- 6/19/2020
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
On June 19, 1865, slavery was abolished in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It is a benchmark in Black history and is more timely now than ever as it is a day to celebrate and champion Black voices. That said, it is a good day for the debut of Channing Godfrey Peoples’ Miss Juneteenth, a film that spotlights the staple pageant associated with the day.
Directed and written by Texas native Peoples, Miss Juneteenth made its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year. The film stars Nicole Beharie, Alexis Chikaeze and Kendrick Sampson and follows Turquoise Jones (Beharie), a former beauty queen turned hard-working single mom that is preparing her rebellious teenage daughter Kai (Chikaeze) for the annual Miss Juneteenth pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she made.
“I grew up with Juneteenth so it was just second nature to me,” said Peoples told Deadline at Sundance.
Directed and written by Texas native Peoples, Miss Juneteenth made its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year. The film stars Nicole Beharie, Alexis Chikaeze and Kendrick Sampson and follows Turquoise Jones (Beharie), a former beauty queen turned hard-working single mom that is preparing her rebellious teenage daughter Kai (Chikaeze) for the annual Miss Juneteenth pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she made.
“I grew up with Juneteenth so it was just second nature to me,” said Peoples told Deadline at Sundance.
- 6/19/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
You’re Joseph Gordon-Levitt and you’re playing the co-pilot on a hijacked flight from Berlin to Paris. The wounded pilot is barely conscious. There’s an Islamist terrorist inside the cockpit with you, and his weapon is a shard of glass wrapped in duct tape. Another two are outside, banging on the door to gain entrance — otherwise they’ll start killing the 85 passengers and crew. One of the flight attendants is your girlfriend and mother of your child; they’ve got her in a chokehold. But you can’t open the door.
- 6/18/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
If you're in the market for a fast-moving thriller, you need to make time for Amazon Prime's 7500 this weekend.
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as an airline pilot with his finger on the button of a life or death situation, the 90-odd minutes of running time flies.
7500 is simple and succinct and possibly one of the best "bottle" films you'll see this year.
Gordon-Levitt plays Tobias Ellis, an American living and working in Germany. He's preparing for his flight alongside his girlfriend and mother of his child, Gökce (Aylin Tezel), a relationship they keep on the down-low to maintain professionalism.
They're discussing their impending purchase of a new house and how exciting it will be for their son to have room to grow and play.
Tobias and his captain, Michael (Carlo Kitzlinger), wait for late passengers, passing the time by prepping the flight deck and joking about teaching the late-comers a lesson.
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as an airline pilot with his finger on the button of a life or death situation, the 90-odd minutes of running time flies.
7500 is simple and succinct and possibly one of the best "bottle" films you'll see this year.
Gordon-Levitt plays Tobias Ellis, an American living and working in Germany. He's preparing for his flight alongside his girlfriend and mother of his child, Gökce (Aylin Tezel), a relationship they keep on the down-low to maintain professionalism.
They're discussing their impending purchase of a new house and how exciting it will be for their son to have room to grow and play.
Tobias and his captain, Michael (Carlo Kitzlinger), wait for late passengers, passing the time by prepping the flight deck and joking about teaching the late-comers a lesson.
- 6/17/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
“7500” takes a familiar scenario and doubles down on its claustrophobic potential to make it fresh. Pitched somewhere between “Air Force One” and “United 93,” director Patrick Vollrath’s feature debut transforms the hijacked plane scenario into an unnerving real-time thriller set exclusively within the confines of the cockpit. The result overcomes the reductive premise and archetypal characters through its adrenaline-pumping pace, dexterous camerawork, and a frantic performance by Joseph Gordon-Levitt that ranks as one of his subtlest turns.
No matter its narrative shortcomings, , a Hitchcockian gamble so committed to maintaining suspense at every turn that each scene teeters on the edge of an anxiety attack. While that might not sound like the most inviting experience, “7500” takes a gradual approach that acclimates viewers to its setting before jolting them into the center of a conflict that doesn’t relent until the closing moments. By then, it’s too absorbing to look away.
No matter its narrative shortcomings, , a Hitchcockian gamble so committed to maintaining suspense at every turn that each scene teeters on the edge of an anxiety attack. While that might not sound like the most inviting experience, “7500” takes a gradual approach that acclimates viewers to its setting before jolting them into the center of a conflict that doesn’t relent until the closing moments. By then, it’s too absorbing to look away.
- 6/16/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
“7500” takes a familiar scenario and doubles down on its claustrophobic potential to make it fresh. Pitched somewhere between “Air Force One” and “United 93,” director Patrick Vollrath’s feature debut transforms the hijacked plane scenario into an unnerving real-time thriller set exclusively within the confines of the cockpit. The result overcomes the reductive premise and archetypal characters through its adrenaline-pumping pace, dexterous camerawork, and a frantic performance by Joseph Gordon-Levitt that ranks as one of his subtlest turns.
No matter its narrative shortcomings, , a Hitchcockian gamble so committed to maintaining suspense at every turn that each scene teeters on the edge of an anxiety attack. While that might not sound like the most inviting experience, “7500” takes a gradual approach that acclimates viewers to its setting before jolting them into the center of a conflict that doesn’t relent until the closing moments. By then, it’s too absorbing to look away.
No matter its narrative shortcomings, , a Hitchcockian gamble so committed to maintaining suspense at every turn that each scene teeters on the edge of an anxiety attack. While that might not sound like the most inviting experience, “7500” takes a gradual approach that acclimates viewers to its setting before jolting them into the center of a conflict that doesn’t relent until the closing moments. By then, it’s too absorbing to look away.
- 6/16/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Thompson on Hollywood
It has been 2020 for a hundred years and we’re still only in mid-June. The world outside is ugly and scary and there’s a killer bug trying to wipe us out. Despite the risk, good people have taken to the streets to stop bad things from happening and thanks to protest hijackers that’s all become pretty ugly too.
7500 is the story of a good man trying to stop bad things from happening. It plays out in real-time, is unsettlingly realistic, visceral and bleak with a pair of impressive central performances and horribly plausible stakes. And, frankly, it all feels like a bit too much right now.
In the opening moments of 7500, the emotionless eyes of a series of security cameras watch nervy young Vedat (Omid Memar) as he progresses through an airport; drawing in closer to scrutinise his actions and tingle our thriller-primed Spidey senses.
By contrast,...
7500 is the story of a good man trying to stop bad things from happening. It plays out in real-time, is unsettlingly realistic, visceral and bleak with a pair of impressive central performances and horribly plausible stakes. And, frankly, it all feels like a bit too much right now.
In the opening moments of 7500, the emotionless eyes of a series of security cameras watch nervy young Vedat (Omid Memar) as he progresses through an airport; drawing in closer to scrutinise his actions and tingle our thriller-primed Spidey senses.
By contrast,...
- 6/16/2020
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A pilot must defend the cockpit when terrorists attack during a flight from Berlin to Paris in 7500, the feature debut from German director Patrick Vollrath, which arrives on Amazon Prime this week. It’s a German, Austrian, and American co-production starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, with parts in English and others in Arabic, Turkish, and German. That makes this a bit of a strange beast to begin with but add in that it’s told in real time, mostly shot on handheld and almost entirely in one location with no score and you’ve got a film that at its best is a tense experimental thriller and at worst a cliched disaster movie. One does not cancel out the other but it’s very much worth a watch.
Tobias Ellis (Gordon-Levitt) is a Us pilot living in Germany with his Turkish girlfriend, who works as a stewardess. They are both flying a...
Tobias Ellis (Gordon-Levitt) is a Us pilot living in Germany with his Turkish girlfriend, who works as a stewardess. They are both flying a...
- 6/16/2020
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Joseph Gordon-Levitt isn’t generally who you think of as an action hero. Sure, he’s been in some action-centric pictures, but he’s more someone you pinpoint in other genres. While you might think of that as a negative when considering that he’s the lead in 7500, it’s actually a massive compliment, as Gordon-Levitt is one of the reasons why this dramatic thriller comes off as well as it does. Jgl is incredibly believable and realistic here, as is the production on the whole. From the visuals to the pacing and plotting, it all follows far more of a docu-drama path than an action one. There’s far more of Paul Greengrass in this DNA than anything else, which lends it a gravitas, for sure. Coming to Amazon Prime Video this week, prepare to have your expectations upended. The film is a drama, mixed with some thriller elements,...
- 6/15/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
7500 Amazon Studios Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Patrick Vollrath Screenwriter: Patrick Vollrath, Senad Halibasic Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omid Memar, Ayilin Tezel, Carlo Kitzlinger, Murathan Muslu, Paul Wollin Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 6/8/20 Opens: June 18, 2020 Movies that respect the 3 Greek unities, taking place […]
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- 6/14/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The Amazon Original action thriller "7500", written and directed by Patrick Vollrath, stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as 'Tobias Ellis', Aylin Tezel as 'Gökce', Aurélie Thépaut as 'Nathalie, Carlo Kitzlinger as 'Michael' and Paul Wollin as Daniel, streaming June 19, 2020 on Amazon Prime:
"...it looks like a routine day at work for 'Tobias', a soft-spoken young American co-pilot on a flight from Berlin to Paris as he runs through the preflight checklist with 'Michael', the pilot, and chats with 'Gökce', his flight-attendant girlfriend.
"But shortly after takeoff, terrorists armed with makeshift knives suddenly storm the cockpit, seriously wounding Michael and slashing Tobias' arm. Temporarily managing to fend off the attackers, a terrified Tobias contacts ground control to plan an emergency landing.
"But when the hijackers kill a passenger and threaten to murder more innocent people if he doesn't let them back into the cockpit, this ordinary man faces an excruciating test..."
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"...it looks like a routine day at work for 'Tobias', a soft-spoken young American co-pilot on a flight from Berlin to Paris as he runs through the preflight checklist with 'Michael', the pilot, and chats with 'Gökce', his flight-attendant girlfriend.
"But shortly after takeoff, terrorists armed with makeshift knives suddenly storm the cockpit, seriously wounding Michael and slashing Tobias' arm. Temporarily managing to fend off the attackers, a terrified Tobias contacts ground control to plan an emergency landing.
"But when the hijackers kill a passenger and threaten to murder more innocent people if he doesn't let them back into the cockpit, this ordinary man faces an excruciating test..."
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- 6/12/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
It’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt versus airline hijackers in “7500,” a grueling thriller that will land on Amazon Prime Video June 19. The streaming service has released the trailer for the upcoming film, which takes place in the claustrophobic confines of a small budget aircraft.
There has been no shortage of films about airplane hijackings over the years, from the acclaimed 9/11-based “United 93” to a B-movie about snakes that were on Samuel L. Jackson’s plane, but “7500” aims to offer something different by positioning Hollywood star Gordon-Levitt as an everyman who must find a way for him and his passengers to escape their extraordinary situation. As the trailer helpfully explains, 7500 is the emergency code for an airplane hijacking, but there’s no code for what comes next as Gordon-Levitt grapples with his horrifying predicament.
Per Amazon, here’s the film’s synopsis:
It looks like a routine day at work for Tobias,...
There has been no shortage of films about airplane hijackings over the years, from the acclaimed 9/11-based “United 93” to a B-movie about snakes that were on Samuel L. Jackson’s plane, but “7500” aims to offer something different by positioning Hollywood star Gordon-Levitt as an everyman who must find a way for him and his passengers to escape their extraordinary situation. As the trailer helpfully explains, 7500 is the emergency code for an airplane hijacking, but there’s no code for what comes next as Gordon-Levitt grapples with his horrifying predicament.
Per Amazon, here’s the film’s synopsis:
It looks like a routine day at work for Tobias,...
- 6/11/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Airline pilots have a code to report hijackings, but there is no codified response to what might happen on board. The first 7500 trailer shows terrorists can be unpredictable and deadly, regardless of their weapons. Written and directed by Patrick Vollrath, the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a co-pilot who has to take the wheel after an unexpected burst of turbulence strikes the cabin.
“It looks like a routine day at work for Tobias, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot on a flight from Berlin to Paris as he runs through the preflight checklist with Michael, the pilot, and chats with Gökce, his flight-attendant girlfriend,” reads the official synopsis. “But shortly after takeoff, terrorists armed with makeshift knives suddenly storm the cockpit, seriously wounding Michael and slashing Tobias’ arm. Temporarily managing to fend off the attackers, a terrified Tobias contacts ground control to plan an emergency landing. But when the hijackers kill...
“It looks like a routine day at work for Tobias, a soft-spoken young American co-pilot on a flight from Berlin to Paris as he runs through the preflight checklist with Michael, the pilot, and chats with Gökce, his flight-attendant girlfriend,” reads the official synopsis. “But shortly after takeoff, terrorists armed with makeshift knives suddenly storm the cockpit, seriously wounding Michael and slashing Tobias’ arm. Temporarily managing to fend off the attackers, a terrified Tobias contacts ground control to plan an emergency landing. But when the hijackers kill...
- 6/10/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
"If you work together, you can beat them!" Amazon Prime Video has unveiled the first official trailer for a hijacking thriller titled 7500, which first premiered at the Locarno Film Festival last year. The film is the feature directorial debut of a German filmmaker named Patrick Vollrath, and tells the story of a flight from Berlin to Paris that is co-piloted by a soft-spoken young American, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The concept here is that the pilots lock themselves into the cockpit when hijackers try to take over, and can only communicate with them through the CCTV system in the airplane. What a extremely horrifying experience! The cast includes Carlo Kitzlinger, Aylin Tezel, Aurélie Thépaut, Murathan Muslu, Omid Memar, and Passar Hariky. This looks intense as hell, obviously, the whole point is to get your heart racing. Lots of shots of really pissed off, screaming Joe Gordon-Levitt in this, too.
- 6/10/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in Patrick Vollrath's 7500 as an airline pilot who struggles to keep control of his craft after his flight is hijacked by terrorists. Debuting at the Locarno Film Festival in 2019, the thriller, which sounds great, in large part because Jgl is the pilot, will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video on June 19, 2020. Here's the full synopsis: "When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a mild-mannered young American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew. From Oscar-nominated director, Patrick Vollrath (Everything Will be Okay), 7500 is a heart-pounding and thought-provoking thriller featuring an incredible performance from [Joseph] Gordon-Levitt." As noted, Patrick Vollrath directed; Omid Memar, Murathan Muslu, Carlo Kitzlinger, and Aylin...
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- 5/27/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Patrick Vollrath’s 7500 is a one-room, one-man show. It asks you to spend 92 minutes inside the cockpit of an Airbus A319, and in intimate quarters with a young first officer who must land it back to safety once the aircraft is hijacked by a group of Islamist terrorists. It is, for the best part of its brisk running time, a stomach-churning ride that bursts with the same force and anxieties of another recent–but far superior–single-setting drama: Steven Knight’s Locke. Much like Knight’s sophomore directorial work, it seesaws between claustrophobic and expansive, a testament to how much can be achieved in a location spanning a handful of square meters. Take it as a real-time thriller, an intelligently crafted study in cinematic minimalism, and 7500 works. The trouble starts when Vollrath’s feature debut (a follow-up to his 2015 Oscar-nominated short Everything Will Be Okay) attempts the landing. High above...
- 8/12/2019
- by Leonardo Goi
- The Film Stage
Ever since 9/11 changed the way we approach air travel, it’s been harder to make airplane-based thrillers in the soapy-silly trash tradition of “Airport” or “Executive Decision”: The panic of being under siege at 30,000 feet no longer feels like such ripe entertainment fodder with the image of two Boeing 767s hitting the Twin Towers still vivid in our collective consciousness. Paul Greengrass’ deliberately grueling docudrama “United 93,” of course, pointed a solemn new way for the genre, though that had historical veracity and import on its side. German director Patrick Vollrath’s short, stomach-tightening debut feature “7500” follows in its flight path, albeit with a wholly fictional scenario — told from the perspective of the junior co-pilot (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) whose simple Berlin-to-Paris assignment is violently disrupted by Islamist hijackers.
For its first half, “7500” is briskly effective in a cold-sweat sort of way, carrying its audience from a smooth takeoff to...
For its first half, “7500” is briskly effective in a cold-sweat sort of way, carrying its audience from a smooth takeoff to...
- 8/9/2019
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
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