FLIGHTPLAN (2005)

CHARACTER Kyle Pratt, aircraft engineer

IMPERILED? The recently widowed Kyle falls asleep aboard a commercial flight, and when she awakens, her little girl is missing. But no one on board remembers even seeing the girl, and she's not on the manifest. Was her daughter kidnapped, or is the grief-stricken, increasingly agitated Kyle a delusional menace?

EMPOWERED? Kyle is not only fierce and resourceful, she also helped design the plane and knows how to navigate its innards during her desperate quest.

EW MOVIE GRADE: C+ (Read the EW review)