Flight of Fury
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Actor: steven seagalBrand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Flight of Fury
DVD Review: "If we can't do that, we blow 'er up and get out"
Summary: 2 Stars
How versatile and unpredictable is Steven Seagal? Mind you, I'm not referring to his fighting skills or his resourcefulness as an actor, but rather to the fact that he can make a film as bad as "Flight of Fury" and follow it up with the much-applauded Urban Justice. Seriously, I have no idea how he does it...and neither, it seems, does he.
The story: after escaping from a memory wipe session by military minds afraid of his acquired knowledge (what he supposedly knows, however, is never discussed), Air Force pilot John Sands (Seagal) is caught by the military and offered his freedom in exchange for bringing back a prototype stealth bomber which has been stolen and set to be sold by a treasonous pilot (Steve Toussaint, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time). Aided by a young airman (Mark Bazeley, The Damned United), John must travel undetected into northern Afghanistan, locate and retrieve the plane, and try not to get killed by the guerrilla group hoping to make deadly use of its technology.
For some reason, I was hopeful about "Flight" being a good action flick - the cool effect used in the credits helped cultivate this - but I was soon brought back down to earth upon discovering that it's just another run-of-the-mill Seagalian DTV drag. The first line uttered by Seagal's character is dubbed by another actor, and the majority of his dialogue remains this way: "Flight" matches Attack Force for sheer amount of dubbing, so we can be sure that Seagal himself wasn't attached enough to this movie to redo his own lines. Still, that doesn't mean his ego can't be dutifully stroked: besides being lauded as both the best pilot and martial artist on the face of the earth, he gets to kiss the red-hot Ciera Payton on the lips and call her "babe" (then again, so does Katie Jones), and keeps his title of "most unbeatable action hero" throughout some pretty lackluster fight scenes and shootouts (there's much less doubling than usual but it's all still pretty uninspired stuff).
To the film's credit, the editing and cinematography - with the exception of the stock footage used for almost every shot featuring an airplane - is a step above average for Seagal's flicks. Seagal also looks in better physical shape than he did for his last few outings, the supporting cast does its best, and the assault on the terrorist base near the end of the film is thoroughly decent, giving Alki "Kiss my big, fat Arab a--" David (The Bank Job) a moment to shine. Still, the movie moves at all-too-slow of a pace for any kind of action movie, and any and all scenes featuring flying aircraft are best left forgotten - a shame that these encompass a large part of the movie. Rest assured, this is not Top Gun; just a patchwork of recycled footage and ideas that must be viewed in the company of one or two hotdogs or a distracting home-improvement project to be fully enjoyed.
Since it was followed by "Urban Justice" and Pistol Whipped, I hope that "Flight of Fury" marks the end of the long procession of so-bad-they're-good films for Steven, because not even his fans want to see much more of this. Thus, I'd recommend the film only to fans that have not yet been too jaded by the likes of his recent films to give this one a buy.
Description of Flight of Fury
Steven Seagal stars in this high-octane thriller as John Sands, a secret operative used by the United States Air Force for those clandestine operations deemed too sensitive for the regular intelligence services. When his own Agency feels threatened by the knowledge he gained from past exploits -- they quickly imprison him and schedule a chemical wipe of his memories. Feeling betrayed by his Agency, John escapes the hi-tech detention center and plans to assimilate into society. Unfortunately, the Air Force has other plans for him. A top secret Stealth Bomber that uses the latest in stealth cloaking technology has been hijacked and it?s their belief that John?s the only man capable of getting it back before it falls into the hands of a terrorist group that could prove to be an unstoppable force.
Sands stumbles into the middle of a liquor store robbery that forces him to defend himself, which leads to his arrest by the local police department. While in custody, John finds he cannot escape his past. The Agency he worked for has located him. While John sits handcuffed inside the police station they offer him a deal - find the jet and bring it back into the United States. If he does this they'll allow him to walk away from this life and start over without having to look back. John knows he has little choice and agrees to the deal.
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