Continuous Action Makes 'Fight or Flight' Plane Crazy
- In the film Fight or Flight, Josh Hartnett plays a mercenary protecting a passenger aboard a Singapore to San Francisco flight filled with potential assassins.
- Director James Madigan included about 100 extras in every shot to maintain continuity while limiting elements like a dog due to financial and logistical reasons.
- Katee Sackhoff said she felt isolated during filming, later texting Madigan after viewing a cut to ask about possible sequels and more action for her character Katherine.
- Madigan explained that although she made a strong effort to include it, doing so would have required having a dog and professional handlers present throughout the entire filming, which posed significant financial challenges.
- Though a dog will not appear flying through the plane, Madigan confirmed that all other weapons and assassination possibilities remain open in the story.
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Continuous action makes 'Fight or Flight' plane crazy
Hartnett stars as a mercenary hired to find an unidentified criminal on a flight to San Francisco. Unfortunately, there are countless other assassins on board, hoping to take him out.
‘Fight or Flight:’ Kind of dumb (in a fun way)
Josh Hartnett in “Fight or Flight” (Photo provided by Vertical). 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 diffe…
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