Fresh
The filmmaking is playful without feeling jokey, the narrative stuffed with fun complications.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Non-Stop
The hijacking was just the beginning.
2014 · 1h 47m · PG-13
Action, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Jaume Collet-Serra
Overview
Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Neeson, who brings enormous conviction to these late-career action roles, moves his big body through confined spaces ... with so much power that you expect him to rip out the seats.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
Anyone planning to see Non-Stop should probably just go see it. This is one of those near-perfect, peeled-onion, airplane-hijacking thrillers in which each removed layer brings you closer to a single, happy tear.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
Fresh
Why demand logic of an action movie released in February, when audiences just want a nice, bumpy ride?
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
It's all fairly entertaining and eminently disposable.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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