Fled (1996)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Kevin Hooks

Writer (WGA):

Preston A. Whitmore II (written by)

Release Date:

19 July 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller | Romance | Comedy

Tagline:

See how they run.

Plot:

Two prisoners chained together flee during an escape attempt gone bad.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Mafia | Floppy Disk | Disk | Chain Gang

Cast

Laurence Fishburne	...	Charles Piper
Stephen Baldwin	...	Mark Dodge
Will Patton	...	Det. Matthew 'Gib' Gibson
Robert John Burke	...	U.S. Marshal Pat Schiller
Robert Hooks	...	Lieutenant Henry Clark
Victor Rivers	...	Rico Santiago
David Dukes	...	D.A. Chris Paine
Ken Jenkins	...	Warden Nichols
Michael Nader	...	Frank Mantajano
Brittney Powell	...	Cindy Henderson
Salma Hayek	...	Cora
Steve Carlisle	...	Herb Foster
Brett Rice	...	Officer Thornhill
J. Don Ferguson	...	Chairman
Kathy Payne	...	Margaret Parks

Also Known As:

Perseguidos (USA: Spanish title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language, and for some nudity.

Runtime:

98 min | USA:105 min (original cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | DTS-Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #34418) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Chile:18 | Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Dodge's lips do not match the voice track when describing his computer.

Quotes:

Det. Matthew 'Gib' Gibson: Dodge!
Dodge: Gibson!
Det. Matthew 'Gib' Gibson: It's a setup!
Piper: Move!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Touch of Satan (#10.8)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Fled

Not terrible, but could have been a lot better

FLED is, perhaps, best watched very late at night after a bit of a drink when you don't seem to care about plot holes, bland characters and poor acting. Although not as diabolically awful as other reviewers have made out, this is a pretty bad remake of a great classic. What they seem to have forgotten is that when they made THE DEFIANT ONES, it was at a time where racial awareness was so topical - in FLED the conflict is represented by just one line.

The two leads are acceptable, with Laurence Fishburne flexing his fighting skills ready for THE MATRIX. Stephen Bladwin is his usual surly smouldering self, and there is a very small (ie no reason to watch it just for this!) part from Salma Hayek.

Although a little overdone, I enjoyed the film references made by Baldwin's character, and you will have a chuckle at the very final one...!