When I saw the trailer for Fight Or Flight, I had very little interest in seeing it. I am so glad that I did, though – it is definitely worth the watch.
There are so many revenge films and spy films that they sometimes start to run together. If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all, other than a few nuances here and there. So when I was first introduced to this movie during a preview before something else, it looked like one of the many. But it isn’t.
Fight Or Flight is a movie about Lucas Reyes, an agent of sorts, who has been kicked out of the organization he worked for, banished overseas, and added to a no-fly list for two years. Because of this, he’s been stuck and drinking to get from one day to another. When a head agent who knows him needs emergency help in the country he’s in, she enlists him to board a plane (getting him a passport in 37 minutes) and hunt down the target they are looking for. When he also becomes a target on the plane, mayhem ensues.
This is an ultra-violent and extremely funny film with tons of personality. If blood bothers you, you may want to skip this, but everything is played for laughs and the violence itself is usually displayed in hilarious fashion. Full of sound effects where everything becomes a weapon – you get the idea.
Starring Josh Hartnett, Charithra Chandran, and Katee Sackhoff (who will forever be Battlestar Galactica’s Starbuck to me – So Say We All), the cast is large (you meet most of the passengers on the double-decker plane in some fashion), but the main characters are few. You get to know and like Lucas and the flight attendant and you root for them to survive.
Every choreographed fight scene is accompanied by killer music that amps you up just as much as what you’re watching. There are colors flying, combat you’d have never thought of, and towards the end, crazy effects.
My one complaint is that there are a few times that the momentum of the movie falls with various conversations. They are necessary to introduce character backgrounds and plot, but with a movie like this, it would be great if there was less talking and more action. That is when Fight Or Flight really reaches its heights.
This movie is a great time that will have you laughing, cringing, and waiting for the next round of both. The music is excellent and so are the stars, so don’t let the preview talk you out of seeing the movie. It actually is worth your time.
Runtime: 101 minutes
Motion Picture Rating: R
Languages Spoken In The Film: English
Should You Watch It? Yes, it’s fun
Did I Cry? Nope, but I did get choked up for exactly one second
There are so many revenge films and spy films that they sometimes start to run together. If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all, other than a few nuances here and there. So when I was first introduced to this movie during a preview before something else, it looked like one of the many. But it isn’t.
