Aircraft are being shot down by a large black plane with a big "X" painted on the wing. The chief suspects are invited for the weekend to an old dark mansion.


Is it worth your time? Look, if you have a soft spot for 1930s aviation mysteries that mostly take place in living rooms, you'll probably enjoy Pilot X. It’s got that specific, creaky charm of a movie that doesn't quite know if it wants to be a high-stakes thriller or a parlor game. If you need your movies to have tigh...


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"Is it worth your time? Look, if you have a soft spot for 1930s aviation mysteries that mostly take place in living rooms, you'll probably enjoy Pilot X. It’s got that specific, creaky charm of a movie that doesn't quite know if it wants to be a high-stakes thriller or a parlor game. If you need your movies to have tight logic or characters who don't act like they're auditioning for a play in the dark, you should probably skip this one. It's not exactly The Man on the Box in terms of polish, that..."
Charles R. Condon, Bernard McConville
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