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Introduction to Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video Movie Review

 

After searching for movies to watch on Netflix, I decided to check out films that Amazon Prime video had to offer. I was pleasantly surprised to find a movie that seemed to be one that was worth watching. The name of the Amazon Prime Video movie is Horizon Line.

 

As you can see, the title is rather ambiguous; however, once you start watching the movie, you may get a general idea of what the film is about.

 

Did I enjoy watching the 2020 Swedish movie, Horizon Line? Do I think you will like this movie? Check out my movie review of Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video fllm to find out.

 

By the way, I watched the Horizon Line movie on Amazon Prime VIdeo, but it may be streaming on other services as well.

 

Synopsis of Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

When I began watching the Horizon LIne movie, initially, I got Lifetime movie vibes from it. I could tell right away that this movie would involve a relationship between a couple and the question is whether or not they will stay together or depart, depending on what is going on in the movie’s storyline.

 

However, there is a twist to the Lifetime type movie, Horizon Line. The movie is a lot more than about relationships and there are action and adventure scenes sprinkled in.

 

The Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video movie stars Allison Williams as Sara Johnson who met Alexander Dreymon character as Jackson Davisen during a business trip vacation. Shortly after meeting him, she left him abruptly without nary a word when he exited their table for a short while. 

 

Fast forward a short time ahead, Allison Williams’ character is getting ready to attend a friend’s wedding, and plans to bring some refreshments along with her.  While on an island resort, she runs once again into Alexander Dreymon’s character, and similar actions take place as done previously, when she abruptly leaves him again.

 

It just so happens that they both booked a small private air flight with the same pilot on the same day to attend the wedding. Of course it was awkward at first between the two characters once they boarded the small plane; however, Alexander Dreymon’s character simply settled back in his plane seat.

 

Meanwhile, Allison Williams' character is friends with the pilot (Keith David as Freddie Weyman) who had recently lost his wife. The pilot asks her to sit in the co-pilot seat and maybe as a form of entertainment begins telling her how to operate controls on the small plane.

 

 However, disaster strikes when the pilot has a fatal heart attack while flying the single engine plane and it is up to both Allison Williams and Alexander Dreymon’s characters to manage to fly and hopefully land the plane.  

 

Did they survive their plane flight? If so, how did they do it? You will have to watch the Horizon Line Amazon Prime video movie to find out.

 

 

Setting of Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

In my opinion, I did not get a realistic feel of witnessing someone actually being on a plane that is about to crash when I watched the Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video movie. During most of the airplane scenes, I could tell they were actually probably in a studio with airplane props, etc.

 

That being said, there was an instance when Allison Williams’ character was trying to fuel the plane by laying on top of the wing as the plane was flying in auto-pilot, when I gasped. I thought she had fallen off the plane. However, movie magic occurred when she was pushed off the plane from the velocity of the wind, but somehow she landed back inside of the plane, safe and sound instead of falling.

 

Acting Skills Displayed in the Horizon line Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

Since the airplane scenes were sort of staged, I could tell the actors were not actually terrified or scared that the plane would crash. During these scenes, the director should have stressed to the actors to overreact to show they were really scared so their fright would translate to the audience.  

 

Dialogue in the Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

I think Allison Williams’ character did not give Alexander Dreymon’s character a plausible explanation as to why she left him either when he was asleep or he was not around. 

 

Her stating that she just did not want to say “goodbye” was not an adequate answer. During the scene when she left for a second time, a flashback scenario should have been shown to the audience to indicate maybe something traumatic happened to her in her past that caused her to react this way.  

 

Also, there was no reason for Alexander Dreymon’s character to take the blame when leaving him abruptly was all her doing – not his.

 

Spoiler Alert: The above being said, the biggest dialogue misstep was when Allison Williams' character had to drop the deceased pilot from the plane to decrease the plane's weight, and she only said “Goodbye Freddie.”  In respect, she could have said some consoling words or at least a few sentences on his behalf before this action was done.

 

 

Assessment of Horizon Line Amazon Prime VIdeo Movie

 

I did not get the same entertainment type vibes I usually get when I watch mayday airplane scenes in other movies when I watched similar scenes in the Horizon Line Amazon Video film. For example, when I watch a Tom Cruise movie, I get caught up in the action since the scenes are so realistically done. This did not happen for me when I watched the Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video movie.

 

Spoiler Alert: On the positive side, the water/ocean scenes seemed realistic and I think the movie staff did a good job depicting them both trying to survive after the plane crashed.

 

If you like watching airplane films or even Lifetime movies, you may enjoy watching Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video movie. However, if you're looking for high quality Tom Cruise type airplane scenes, you may want to pass on this movie. I will leave that decision up to you.

 

Rating of Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

Based on a rating of 1 star to 5 stars with 5 stars being the highest, I rate Horizon Line Amazon Prime Video movie 2 stars.