Film Review - 7500
October 01, 2014
The horror feature “7500” has experienced its share of release date delays and missed seasonal opportunities. Shot in 2011, the picture is finally seeing the light of day, and as expected, the results aren’t encouraging. However, as muddled as it is, “7500” shows promise in its opening act, promising an unremarkable but effective airplane disaster movie, frosted with stock characterizations and jumps of mid-air panic. But such simplicity isn’t enough to challenge director Takashi Shimizu and screenwriter Craig Rosenberg, who try to transform potential catastrophe into a mind-bender with traditional Japanese fright film decoration. It doesn’t work for a myriad of reasons, but it’s certainly not a sloppy effort, just an unnecessary one. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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