[4] Starring Gerard Butler and Mike Colter, it follows a commercial pilot allying with a suspected murderer to save his passengers from a hostile territory after an emergency landing.

Among the passengers is fugitive homicide suspect Louis Gaspare, who is accompanied by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer en route to Canada.

Per a directive from one of his superiors, Brodie takes a shortcut across the South China Sea, but a lightning strike blows the plane's avionics and a flight attendant and the RCMP officer are killed during the turbulence.

He dispatches a private military unit to rescue the passengers, as the authorities are unwilling to send troops into the rebel-controlled island.

Angered and desperate, Junmar attempts to use another RPG in a last ditch effort to destroy the plane and wounds Brodie again, this time in the shoulder.

Despite his injuries, Brodie is able to put the plane on full throttle, allowing it to take off safely and hitting Junmar with the wheels, killing him.

Also appearing as passengers are Otis Winston as the RCMP officer, Angel Fabian Rivera as Karim Rahim, Fernando Chang as Chan Yuen, Modesto Lacen as Antonio Ortega, Rose Eshay as Ana Fernandez, Ricky Robles Cruz as Javier Molina, Jessica Nam as Rosalie Jeong, Quinn McPherson as Riley Donahue, Oliver Trevena as Maxwell Carver, and John J. Shim as Joshua Jeong, while Michelle Lee and Amber Rivera portray flight attendants Isabella Yu and Maria, respectively.

Appearing as members of the private military team are Matt Cook as Moses, Pete Scobell as Jim Lake, and James Sang Lee as Willis.

"[11] In August 2021, Kelly Gale,[12] Mike Colter,[13] Daniella Pineda,[14] Yoson An,[15] Remi Adeleke, Haleigh Hekking, Lilly Krug, Joey Slotnick, and Oliver Trevena joined the cast.

[17] Michael Cho, Tim Lee, Gary Raskin, Alastair Burlingame, and Vicki Dee Rock were attached to the film as Executive Producers.

[23] In the United States and Canada, Plane was released alongside House Party and the wide expansion of A Man Called Otto, and was projected to gross $7–10 million from 3,023 theaters in its opening weekend.

The website's consensus reads: "Plane charts a standard action-adventure course with its cruising altitude just a few miles above Direct-to-Video – but with Gerard Butler in the cockpit, thriller enthusiasts may still find this a fairly fun flight.

"[28] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

In real life, the Jihadist group Abu Sayyaf established their base of operations in Jolo but were not able to push out the Philippine Government's authority in the island.