RIFLE RANGE BOY

Flight (2012) Director: Robert Zemeckis There was a time when professional jobs were allocated to the  crème de la crème of society. It was thought that since the educational design was so gruelling, only the disciplined, regulation sticklers and the honest would pass out the system with flying colours. Such linear thinking fellows would be honest and not cut corners. In most societies, however, such thinking holds no water. In keeping with the tagline of a particular budget airline, 'Now everyone can fly!', such a message also goes to pilots worldwide. Anyone can fly a plane. This type of thinking has also permeated into society on a larger scale. Every member of a particular profession is a cogwheel in a piece of bigger machinery. Everybody has to play his part; no more, no less. Nobody is indispensable. Anyone can be displaced and replaced. There are waiting to take over. This movie reminds all professionals that vigilance is an eternal necessity. Our jobs are constantly bei...

We are all living in a world where everybody is just waiting for another to make a mistake whilst at the same time everybody is just so careful that their posterior is not exposed and hence vulnerable to abuses. Whenever a misadventure is encountered, the first response is mum! Nobody talks to anybody as anything you say will be used against you in any situation just to fry your goose. Silence is golden whilst the conniving officers of the law scheme out devious plans to dissociate yourself any plausible repercussions. Truth, justice, liberty you say? What is that? When you are persecuted and crucified for an event that even be beyond your control and your rice bowl is jeopardised, to hell with doing the right thing. It is the right thing alright, for yourself and your dependants. By admitting mistakes, everything would be pinned on you conveniently. In this world of fault seeking and destiny defying population, no one will empathise with you or have sympathy for your predicament. ...