
Originally released on August 1, 1986, the film “Flight of the Navigator” remains a delightful watch even after nearly four decades. The story revolves around 12-year-old David Freeman who, while wandering in the woods in 1978, gets abducted by extraterrestrials. Upon regaining consciousness, eight years have elapsed but David shows no signs of aging. After being reunited with his family, it’s found that David’s brainwaves correspond to images of a spacecraft that NASA has recently captured following a crash. It turns out that David is instrumental in helping the spaceship return home as Max (the robot commander) had loaded David’s mind with various data during an experiment.