Blu-ray Review – Starflight One

The "Airport" series made a lot of money for Universal, who managed to stretch such profit potential over a decade. They churned out four installments of air disaster melodrama, finally putting the franchise to bed with 1979's "The Concorde – Airport '79." 1980's "Airplane!" managed to find an audience with its parody of "Airport" and similar disaster endeavors, successfully pantsing such formula and ridiculousness. However, there was still Hollywood interest in the details of mid-air danger, with 1983's "Starflight One" striving to best the competition by taking its unfolding nightmare into space while still adhering to audience expectations for this ensemble effort. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com