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Mayday (2005)

Mayday poster
Directed by
T. J. Scott
Genre
thriller, disaster film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
12
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A commercial airliner is forced to crash land on a remote arctic island. The survivors must fight against the harsh environment and each other to find a way home.

tenseurgentsuspensefulhigh-stakesgrimdesperateaction-packed

What happens

Mayday is a 2005 American television thriller film based on the 1979 novel by American author Thomas Block. The novel was updated in 1998 by authors Thomas Block and Nelson DeMille and re-released as a paperback. The film was directed by T. J. Scott and stars Aidan Quinn, Dean Cain, Kelly Hu, Michael Murphy, Charles S. Dutton and Gail O'Grady. It aired on CBS in the United States on October 2, 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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