Sunday, 23 November 2025

Money Plane (2020) - So, so bad.  I love it

Yes, 'Money Plane' is absolutely every bit as terrible as all those YouTube reviewers said it was—maybe even worse.  So, if you brace yourself for a cinematic train wreck, you can wring a hell of a lot of entertainment out of it.

The whole thing feels like somebody pitched “Die Hard on a casino airplane” and then immediately left the room, leaving everyone else to just… guess.  You get characters who either look like they’re sleepwalking through the movie or, on the complete opposite end, chewing scenery like they’re auditioning for a villain role in a Saturday morning cartoon (Kelsey Grammer, I'm looking at you - how did you ever get roped into a film like this?).

The plot is basically a series of wild, disconnected ideas glued together just firmly enough to keep the plane in the air.  You’ll get moments that make you go, “Wait, what?” followed immediately by something even funnier or weirder and the movie just kind of barrels forward like it knows you’re not here for logic anyway.  And don't expect even anywhere near the amount of action you might get in similar (better!) films like 'Die Hard, Under Siege' or 'Air Force One,' as the main actor spends much of the movie sitting in the cockpit flying the plane!

So, if you embrace the chaos 'Money Plane' has as much goofy charm as 'The Room,' only with a man trying to er 'get it on' with an alligator.  It’s so earnestly silly that it crosses over into that “so bad it’s good” zone, where you’re laughing with it, at it, around it - in fact, whatever works best for you.  It’s not good film-making, but it’s definitely a fun.

Basically, don’t watch it expecting a hidden gem.  Watch it because sometimes you want a disaster that knows it’s a disaster… and maybe even sort of revels in it.

6/10

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