On September 28, 2004, two 12-year-old boys landed a twin-engine plane on Highway 89 in Arizona. The circumstances surrounding this incident were never fully clarified. What happened to the boys after the police took them home is unbelievable.

The film Sky Kids is action-packed and adventurous, reminiscent of typical 1990s movies, which immediately wins over the hearts of a select group of viewers. It’s something like a modern-day MacGyver. 

The main heroes are two boys who, by a twist of fate, end up on a plane that takes off, only for the pilots to abandon it shortly afterward. The plane belongs to a certain mobster and was rigged with a bomb intended to destroy it, so the mafia could get their hands on a pile of cash in a rather reckless way. 

After the plane lands, the boys find themselves in the crosshairs of the mobsters, who want to find out exactly what the boys saw before takeoff. Later, the situation gets quite complicated due to one mentally challenged accomplice, and another fight for their lives begins. 

The family film Sky Kids shows what’s important in human relationships and how the kindness, friendship, and heroism of young boys can even change the hearts of adults.

Adventure / Family 

USA, 2008, 118 min 

Crew: Rocco Devilliers 

Cast: Jesse James, Reiley McClendon, Stephen Baldwin, Tom Sizemore, Robert Costanzo, Joanne Baron, Tommy Hinkley, Dylan Kasch, Jennifer Slimko, David Stevens, Jesse Plemons, Garret Sato, Harrison Young, Blaire Baron

Parents’ Guide

About 3 scenes featuring T-shirts or spaghetti-strap dresses with a low neckline. 2 scenes of lovers kissing.

Several instances of pecking on the lips. 1 instance of the swear word “idiot.” 1 instance of the swear word “moron” used by a nun.

A nun who gives the impression that she secretly smokes cigarettes but eventually quits. The main character drinks alcohol once in a bar and appears drunk once. Peter’s father drinks alcohol. One drunk homeless man from the congregation.

Giving money to a homeless woman instead of, for example, food.

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