***SPOILER***SPOILER***SPOILER***I have NEVER written a review prior to this one in spite of the want but this time I guess the will was more powerful than my want. I stated that my review is a spoiler just to be on the safe side. Granted, I have always been a "Conspiracy Theory" individual. If there is a movie made about our government I have always felt that the government has either done it....doing it....preparing to do! Therefore, I was a little bias going in, factoring in some of the lukewarm reviews, but I still kept an open mind.I found Chariot quite dramatic, inspiring, uplifting and spiritual. There are quite a few of spiritual references. The flight itself can be compared to spiritual warfare or journey. Each individual served a person, especially the "mistaken one". The pilot stated that they had to fly on a blind path above the clouds...Stepping out on blind faith in God.The shooting of the ear...Doing good deeds...Hold on to your faith during the turbulence even when it seems that ALL hope is gone. Watch with an open mind & spirit!!!🤔🤗 ***No Profanity throughout the entire movie 🎥 "

It's interesting how small budget movie with good script and actors can be a decent thriller. Chariot sets exclusively in one spot. The ensuing human drama between characters stuck together without their consent can be fascinating. However, it plays out the premise too long and when the jig is up, there are several twists which hamper the logic.Several people wake up in a plane, not knowing how or why they are on board. Using classic mystery thriller, their personalities clash as everyone reacts to this predicament differently. There's not much in term of technical since it's a straightforward ride, so much of the burden rest on the actors, who perform admirably.Characters are quite convincing. Some might react in life-threatening manner, but they cover the bases for thriller well and the scenes play out affably. As problems start to appear, such as how long they can sustain flight or the inherent question about the motive, situation escalates with more bickering. Arguments start to get physical and this is where things become far fetch.It is later revealed that the people are there for a secret government test. However, some of them are actually killed and it's just contradicting the actual purpose of this emergency aerial ark. The men and women involved are risking their lives without insurance. While national security is definitely a serious business, they can at least switch the gun to fire blanks or doesn't use missing plane that might get shot down without proper failsafe. It won't matter to the result if they are dead from random variable that can be solved by proper communication.This is a pleasantly pretty intriguing flight but it runs out of fuel towards the end and doesn't culminate in satisfying conclusion.

Why such a low score? That's what any story or film without an ending or dramatic resolution deserves. The 2 for the actor's over acting efforts to salvage a plot that was so convoluted and absurd it defied description. I find it hard to believe any producer would waste money making this.Basically, a few people wake up on a 727 jetliner and have no idea how they got there. They find out its part of a survival test in case of attack on the USA.In the end we go though everyone's life story to pad out this joke of a plot only to have the film suddenly end on the money pitch...I mean it just ends right amidst the climax with a brief written statement how the operation was covered up.Had the writer developed this into a Twighlight Zone style story it might have worked...But don't waste your time on Chariot.

7 strangers wake up on a plane not knowing how they each got there. All communications on the plane have been cut so no one on the plane can contact anyone on the ground, though someone finds an iPhone and through it they find out that most of America has been destroyed in a nuclear Armageddon. Poor to average acting (and overacting galore), lots of shouting, no real stand out performances by anyone. The characters are all generic cutouts that you've seen a hundred times before, the reluctant hero, the arrogant computer nerd, the powerful government official with a weak personality who crumbles under pressure, they're all here.Visually I liked the way that it was filmed, it looked decent enough. Don't expect any action shots or shots from outside the plane though. The entire movie is set inside the passenger cabin of the plane. Now onto the story, it wasn't bad, it kept me interested, though I am a sucker for anything that is even remotely related to the whole end-of-civilisation genre. The writing wasn't the best, the overall plot was OK but the individual characters actions sometimes made no sense at all. For example (SPOILERS) at one point in the movie there are F16 fighter jets coming to shoot the plane down if they stay on their current heading. Someone asks "how long do you think we have?" to which another person replies "minutes, if that". So does the only person who can fly the plane immediately jump in the cockpit and alter their course? Does anyone show any signs of urgency at all? Of course not. With "minutes, if that" remaining, the only person who can fly the plane then spends the next 5 minutes having heart to heart conversations with the other passengers back in the cheap seats!! If you can get past nonsensical things like that, and there are quite a few of them in the movie, but if you can then the movie isn't so bad.Be warned though, if you don't like cliffhanger endings then you'll hate this movie. I would of given it a 6/10 if it wasn't for what I would consider a very lazy cliffhanger ending.