I saw this under the generic title PILOT X although MURDER IN THE AIR is a more appropriate title. It's a film of two halves, starting off as your usual aerial combat picture with dog fights and crashing planes and the like, all portrayed reasonably well within the constraints of the budget. The second half of the film is a more predictable murder mystery in which the suspects are assembled in an old dark house (which is actually modern and light) while investigators try to figure out which man is the murderous pilot responsible.
The story becomes quite predictable by genre standards and there are some fun trappings here and there to keep you watching. In the end, though, the two genres - action and mystery - never really gel all that successfully and the end result just feels a bit choppy. Worth a watch for genre fans, but not a film you'll want to see more than once.
The story becomes quite predictable by genre standards and there are some fun trappings here and there to keep you watching. In the end, though, the two genres - action and mystery - never really gel all that successfully and the end result just feels a bit choppy. Worth a watch for genre fans, but not a film you'll want to see more than once.