Gerard Butler’s generic air thriller ‘Plane’ runs on empty

Gerard Butler (center, with Daniella Pineda and Yoson An) plays a pilot whose jet is forced to land in dangerous territory in “Plane.” (Lionsgate)

After “Airplane!” “Airport,” “Up in the Air,” “Flight,” “Snakes on a Plane,” “Non-Stop” and “The Terminal,” we have finally arrived, like weary passengers reaching an unexotic destination, at “Plane.”

The Gerard Butler thriller, straight and to the point, has dispensed with anything too complicated in its title. We can, no doubt, look forward to future installments like “Bus,” “Automobile” and, if we’re lucky, “Boat.”