This rarely-viewed TV movie is a consummately entertaining and believably dramatic yarn involving a jet which seems destined to crash following a midair collision with a small plane. I won't give away any of the novel plot twists, but suffice it to say that they're highly inventive and suspenseful. What's more the heroic pilot -- the role played by the late Robert Urich -- reminded me a bit of John Wayne in William Wellman's classic 1954 film "The High and the Mighty." Admittedly this television production lacks Dimitri Tiomkin's Oscar-winning music, but it's more action-filled in the long run. I've given "FINAL DESCENT" the top score of 10 and only hope it's available on DVD one day.
Review of Final Descent
