History Film / Chariot

''You Have Been Chosen.''

* YouKnowTooMuch: [[spoiler:When the whole thing is revealed to be a dry run of the Chariot program, Genevieve promises the survivors they will be generously compensated if they keep their mouths shut. Then it turns out she can't contact her boss, and they realise they're flying into Washington DC airspace in an aircraft the authorities believe to have been stolen by terrorists in Angola. Turns out with the Chariot dry run a disastrous failure, Major Collins has decided to cover things up by [[LeaveNoWitnesses killing everyone on the plane]].]]

* ColdEquation: [[OperationBlank Operation Chariot]] was meant to save valuable members of the government in event of an attack. [[spoiler:Belinda was a Black Ops agent sent to kidnap the Secretary of Transport, but left his family behind as they weren't on the List. When she saw there were plenty of empty seats on the plane, she killed her partner so she could stay on the plane as well.]]

* OperationBlank: The whole movie revolves around a top-secret project named "Operation Chariot". [[spoiler:It turns out that the situation the protagonists are stuck in is a dry run to see if the Operation is feasible -- and the dry run has a DownerEnding: people in it go crazy and start to kill each other, everybody is ([[NoEnding apparently]]) killed to [[HeKnowsTooMuch keep the Operation quiet]], and Congress decides to cancel the program anyway.]]

* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie: The movie very much draws on post 9/11 paranoia--sudden attacks on the US with WMD's, government conspiracies, [[spoiler:and the movie ends with the aircraft about to be shot down in the belief it's doing another suicide attack.]]

* NotSoStoic: Genevieve breaks down in tears [[spoiler:when it turns out she's being 'sacrificed' along with everyone else to cover up Operation Chariot. Likewise when she apologises to Cole for having accidently condemned him to death, after she put him on the List to save his life.]]

* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Or two in this case--Michael is the Secretary of Transport, Genevieve works for Homeland Security, Aden is an expert hacker, Ra is a linguist specialising in Middle Eastern languages, and Emily is a former White House intern (the implication being that she's a Monica Lewinsky-expy). But there are two people who don't have any reason to be on the airplane at all; Belinda (a housewife) and Cole (a truck driver), who are assumed to have been snatched by mistake.

A 2013 Independent film directed by Brad Osborne and written by Creator/EricVale, ''Chariot'' is a thriller about seven strangers who wake up on an airplane. Having [[OntologicalMystery no idea how they managed to get there]], they discover that the United States is under attack and there is no place they can land. To make the situation worse, they are cut off from the cockpit, having no idea who the pilots are, and they are being flown into Security Airspace, making their danger far more imminent.

A 2013 Independent film directed by Brad Osborne and written by Creator/EricVale, ''Chariot'' is a thriller about seven strangers who wake up on an airplane. Having [[OntologicalMystery no idea how they managed to get there]], they later discover that the United States is under attack and there is no place they can land. To make the situation worse, they are cut off from the cockpit, having no idea who the pilots are, and they are being flown into Security Airspace, making their danger far more imminent.

* TheArk: Operation Chariot is meant to save 191 people in event of a massive attack on the United States, either important government officials or because they are potentially useful in responding to the attack.

A 2013 Independent film directed by Brad Osborne and written by Creator/EricVale, ''Chariot'' is a thriller about 7 strangers who wake up on an airplane. Having no idea how they managed to get there, they later discover that the United States is under attack and there is no place they can land. The film is titled "Chariot" as the passengers have been unwittingly placed in a [[GovernmentConspiracy government program]] with that name. The program itself references the Ancient Greeks, who would put their most valuable citizens on chariots and send them to safety when under attack. However the passengers mostly consist of "Average Joes". To make the situation worse, they are cut off from the cockpit, having no idea who the pilot is, and they are flown into Security Airspace, making their danger far more imminent.

A 2013 Independent film directed by Brad Osborne and written by Creator/EricVale, ''Chariot'' is a thriller about 7 strangers who wake up on an airplane. Having no idea how they managed to get there, they later discover that the United States is under attack and there is no place they can land. The film is titled "Chariot" as the passengers have been unwittingly placed in a [[GovernmentConspiracy government program]] with that name. The program itself references the Ancient Greeks, who would send their most valuable citizens on chariots and send them to safety when under attack. However the passengers mostly consist of "Average Joes". To make the situation worse, they are cut off from the cockpit, having no idea who the pilot is, and they are flown into Security Airspace, making their danger far more imminent.

* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Michael is the Secretary of Transport. Genevieve works for Homeland Security. Aden is an expert hacker. Ra is a linguist specialising in Middle Eastern languages. Emily is a former White House intern (the implication being that she's a Monica Lewinsky-expy). The only people who don't have any reason to be on the airplane are Belinda (a housewife) and Cole (a truck driver), who are assumed to have been snatched by mistake. [[spoiler:Turns Belinda is actually a Black Ops agent who decided to stay on the plane against orders, and Genevieve put Cole on the List in gratitude for [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes saving her son's life]].]]

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: In 2003 a Boeing 727 truly disappeared, which was the inspiration behind the film. Other than that, it's all fiction.

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:When it's revealed that the United States is still intact, the passengers are shocked at the deception but take comfort in the fact that things aren't as bad as they thought. Then the pilot dies at the controls and Major Collins sets them up to be killed to preserve the secret of Operation Chariot.]]

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Chariot was meant to save over a hundred crucial people, but in the chaos of the attack only seven have been saved, not all of them people on the List. [[spoiler:Turns out it's a dry run with only a few test subjects, but that's goes wrong too when people start dying and the passengers force their way into the cockpit.]]

** [[spoiler:Averted when the passengers use written messages in an attempt to communicate with the pilots. It doesn't work, but later they come up with the same idea of doing the same thing to the fighter sent to shoot them down, because it will establish visual contact first. But they never have a chance as Major Collins sends a fake radio transmission to make them look like terrorists on a SuicideAttack.]]

* GovernmentConspiracy: Operation Chariot, a secret government program to save crucial people, few of whom even know about the program in the first place.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:When it's revealed that the United States is still intact, the passengers are shocked at the deception but take comfort in the fact that things aren't as bad as they thought. Then the pilot dies at the controls, and Major Collins has set them up to be killed to preserve the secret of Operation Chariot.]]

* YouKnowTooMuch: [[spoiler:When the whole thing is revealed to be a dry run of the Chariot program, Genevieve promises the survivors they will be generously compensated if they keep their mouths shut. Then it turns out she can't contact her boss, and they realise they're flying into Washington DC airspace in an aircraft the authorities believe to have been stolen by terrorists in Angola.]]

* ConspiracyTheorist: Aden suggests that the aircraft they are on is a plane that went missing in Angola. Even though he works for the government, Michael comes up with his own theory rather than accept that his family is dead--that this is all a test. [[spoiler:Turns out both of them are right.]]

* NotSoStoic: Genevieve breaks down in tears [[spoiler:when it turns out she's being 'sacrificed' along with everyone else to conceal Operation Chariot. Likewise when she apologises to Cole for having accidently condemned him to death, after she put him on the List to save his life.]]

* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Michael is the Secretary of Transport. Genevieve works for Homeland Security. Aden is an expert hacker. Ra is a linguist in Middle Eastern languages. Emily is a former White House intern (the implication being that she's a Monica Lewinsky-expy). The only ones who don't make sense are Belinda (a housewife) and Cole (a truck driver), who are assumed to have been snatched by mistake. [[spoiler:Turns Belinda is an black ops agent who is on the plane illegally, and Genevieve put Cole on the List in gratitude for [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes saving her son's life]].]]