Fight or Flight (2025)
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The story
Following a raid in Bangkok, a mysterious hacker known as the Ghost escapes and is tracked to a commercial flight to San Francisco. Because of a lack of field agents, a government agency recruits Lucas Reyes, a disgraced former Secret Service agent. Lucas must navigate the plane to identify the Ghost, who is being hunted by various high-end companies that have hired their own assassins. Lucas eventually identifies the hacker as a passenger named Isha. The two must then work together to survive the onslaught of assassins while the plane remains in flight toward San Francisco.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After a raid in Bangkok, a hacker known as the Ghost escapes and is tracked to a flight to San Francisco. Agent Katherine Brunt recruits Lucas Reyes, a disgraced former Secret Service agent, to find the Ghost. On the plane, Lucas encounters a killer named Cayenne and learns that the Ghost is a target for many organizations. He identifies the hacker as Isha, a former trafficked child who uses her skills to free others. As they fight off waves of assassins, their identities are revealed to the other passengers. It is revealed that the Ghost possesses a supercomputer capable of hacking any code, which the government wants for its power. During the chaos, the plane's hull is ruptured, and several allies are killed. A wounded Lucas and Isha reach the cockpit as the plane misses its landing. It is revealed that the supercomputer was piloting the plane the entire time. Lucas eventually wakes up in a hospital where Isha tells him they are not finished yet.
- First release year
- 2025
- Runtime (minutes)
- 102
- Production countries
- United Kingdom; United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- James Madigan
- Writers
- Brooks McLaren · writer; D. J. Cotrona · writer
- Cast and characters
- Josh Hartnett · Lucas; Charithra Chandran · Isha; Marko Zaror; Katee Sackhoff
- Genres
- action; comedy
- Themes
- survival; identity; betrayal
- Tone and mood
- action-packed; tense
- Setting
- A commercial flight from Bangkok to San Francisco.
- Premise and plot tags
- high-concept; action; survival
- Reception
- The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised Hartnett's performance.
- Reported review scores
- CinemaScore · score: C+ · scale: A+ to F
- Production trivia
- The screenplay was previously on the 2020 Black List of best unproduced screenplays.; Josh Hartnett performed 100% of his own stunts.; The film was shot in Hungary, including at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport.
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