As one of the biggest fights in “Fight or Flight” comes to an end, Lucas Reyes (Josh Hartnett), the disgraced FBI agent at the center of James Madigan’s new airplane-set action comedy, does a little backwards somersault into a Spider-Man pose. You know the one – one hand on the ground, leg splayed, head up and eyes alert.
Except, when Reyes does the pose, things look a little different. First of all, he’s a little too inebriated to get through the somersault portion with grace. He’s the walking definition of rumpled, bleary-eyed and puffy, and when he lands the pose, he very nearly falls over. As much as the pose might signal “hero,” Reyes is not the superhero type.
“Fight or Flight” is about as rickety as Reyes is in this moment. And yet, it’s still far more entertaining than the cleaner, higher budget version of this movie (think something like 2022’s “Bullet Train” – too sleek, too safe, and frankly, a little too boring). “Fight or Flight” is by no means great, and a little too complicated for its own good. But it is a reminder of what the best version of this type of movie is – low budget, kind of dumb in a fun way, starring a guy who’s willing to push it to the limit.
Read Sammie’s full review on Rough Draft
