Russian horror cinema continues to reach Argentine screens, a phenomenon that began when the theaters were closed and we could only watch movies in streaming, and if there is something to say in favor of it, it is that it is usually more original than what is done in Hollywood. This is the case of “Passenger 666”, which deals with a subject rarely dealt with in American cinema: that of terror on board an airplane, and we are not referring to the typical catastrophe film. That if, in the classic era of TV there were some sources for this film, for example the episode of the series “Twilight Zone” starring William Shatner, “Nightmare at 30 thousand feet” which was later remade in ” Twilight Zone The Movie” in the episode directed by George Miller. But there Shatner had psychiatric problems and nobody believed him to see a kind of goblin breaking the wing of the plane. In “Passenger 666” things happen more inside than outside the ship. There is a young doctor stressed about traveling on the plane with a sick girl who soon begins to witness horrible things among the passengers, who die in horrible ways as the action progresses. But maybe it’s all in the protagonist’s mind, because what happens is more and more horrible. Director Alexander Babaev is an expert in the genre with films like “Unborn” and “Hospice.” He shoots well, offers very generous doses of gore and always has many scares prepared for the viewer. Only here the argument gets out of hand. The film was suitable for a series like “Twilight Zone” but not for a feature film, so the script begins to peel in the second half. All in all, he has his moments and fans of the genre would do no harm to check it out.
Source: Ambito
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