Preview: The Flyboys (2008)

• Poster: C-

Review:

The motion trail symbolizing flight is at odds with the scenes in the film, suggesting the poster is merely an attempt to make the film feel more like a high-flying adventure than a film about drug smugglers chasing after two children.

• Trailer: C-

Review:

I'm not certain this film will be that interesting. The kids are competent for child actors, but we don't get enough of the adult dialogue to know if this will be cheesy or serious and the trailer doesn't do a good job suggesting it's anything but the latter with a lot of the former.

Oscar Prospects:

Too small a film that will appeal to the audiences that enjoyed Holes. That was not the Academy.

Release Date:

• August 15, 2008

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (September 28, 2008) Original