茱蒂戴维丝初登影坛光芒万丈之作。她饰演一位极具文学天份，并勇于对抗保守环境的女性，山姆尼尔则饰演她温柔的爱人。女主角从小就宣示她成为文学家的野心，在上世纪初女性尚未得到应有社会地位的年代，她的奋斗故事是一页女性主义成长的诗篇。
"Miss, what's that?" the kid asked the stewardess, pointing to a small crack that he noticed in celing above him. At that point, the crack widens and the entire roof of the airplane is ripped off. Based on a true story. On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines flight 243, halfway between Big Island and Maui, suddenly lost an 18-foot section of its front fuselage, due to metal fatigue. At 24,000 feet of altitude, the sudden decompression leaves room for panic in the cabin. But in the flight deck, Captain Schornstheimer and First Officer Tompkins are faced with the difficult task of safely landing the crippled, barely-controllable airliner, as the title says.
在明尼苏达州北部的“边界水域”中，六个老朋友之间的周末露营之旅在神秘的环境下死亡后变得悲惨起来，随着他们企图在本集团内揭露杀手，引发进一步的动荡。
