Flight of the Navigator – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – Sci-Fi – F
Director: Randal Kleiser (Grease)
Writer: Michael Burton, Phil Joanou (Screenplay)
Writer: Mark H Baker (Story)
Cast
- Joey Cramer (Runaway)
- Paul Reubens (Pee-wee’s Big Adventure)
- Cliff De Young (The Craft)
- Veronica Cartwright (Alien)
- Sarah Jessica Parker (Failure to Launch)
Plot: In 1978, a boy travels eight years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.
Runtime: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Flight of the Navigator starts when David (Cramer) is preparing for a typical 4th of July with his family. However, when he goes to find his younger brother, something unusual happens. While David doesn’t notice anything, he learns he disappeared 8 years ago.
His parents Bill (Young) and Helen (Cartwright) never gave up on finding him. However, scientists want to learn more about what happened. David finds himself going through a string of experiments until he learns why he was taken before and hopefully gets back to a normal life.
Verdict on Flight of the Navigator
Flight of the Navigator is an adventure sci-fi movie following a boy who gets abducted by an alien race. He returns 8 years in the future without ageing a day, but scientists want to make more out of his journey.
This iconic movie showed both the calm of potential alien visitors and the dangers. While they visited in peace, they did cause major disruption to the lives of the people involved. It highlights how scientists would do anything for answers causing greater pain to everyone too. There is a big meaning to what we see, leading to our character’s challenging decisions. It is an interesting idea and offers up a time travel conversation.
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Final Thoughts –Flight of the Navigator is a wonderful journey through the unknown.
