US EditionMovie review: Josh Hartnett saves ‘Fight or Flight’ from crash landing
- The 2025 movie Fight or Flight stars Josh Hartnett as Lucas Reyes, who must capture a fugitive called the Ghost aboard a flight from Bangkok to San Francisco.
- Lucas receives a deal from Katherine Brunt, his severe ex-boss, offering a ticket and passport restoration in exchange for bringing the Ghost alive amid assassins on the plane.
- The film features extensive violence, stunts, and dark humor, with Hartnett performing acrobatic action scenes alongside a cast including Katee Sackhoff and Charithra Chandran.
- Fight or Flight runs 1 hour 37 minutes, rated R for violence and language, and received generally positive notes for Hartnett’s performance though the plot and characters lack depth.
- The movie embraces its B-movie style with chaotic mayhem and delivers an entertaining action experience largely elevated by Hartnett’s comeback role.
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‘Fight or Flight’ Review: Josh Hartnett Continues Recent Winning Streak in Enjoyably Trashy Action Flick
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‘Fight or Flight’ review: You won’t believe it’s Josh Hartnett
Director James Madigan’s bone-crunching debut features a full-throttle performance from the underrated Josh Hartnett and irresistibly embraces its B-movie-ness, encouraging audiences to hoot, holler, groan and laugh. Not once during its 1-hour, 41-minute running time does Madigan let things run on autopilot. It satisfies any action fan’s itch with gory kills, crazy stunts and funny one-liners and facial expressions. Yes, it does travel along on …
Josh Hartnett Says ‘Fight or Flight’ Stunts Left Him with Bruises All Over His Body | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Josh Hartnett is promoting his new movie Fight or Flight ahead of its theatrical release this weekend! The 46-year-old actor walked the red carpet at a special screening on Tuesday night (May 7) at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City. Josh was joined at the event by co-stars Katee Sackhoff and Julian Kostov, as well as director James Madigan. Earlier in the day, Josh was spotted in a colorful outfit while promoting the movie around the Big Apple…
Fight or Flight Review
If Josh Hartnett feels like he missed out on the Crank-style action movies of the late 2000s, Fight or Flight gives him the strange opportunity to circle back. Arguably Hartnett’s first movie as an action lead, Fight or Flight is in the tradition of winkingly over-the-top exercises like Shoot ‘Em Up and Drive Angry that make a point to revel in their own violent ridiculousness. With the novelty of those quais-trangressions long since worn off, h…
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