Flight of Fury (Video 2007)

John is sent in to recover a stolen Stealth Bomber. His trusty sidekick Rojar and ever faithful Jessica fight the rebel forces of Banansistan, led by the vivacious Ellianna.

Director:

Michael Keusch

Writers:

Steven Seagal (screenplay), Joe Halpin (screenplay),

Stars:

Steven Seagal, Steve Toussaint, Mark Bazeley

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steven Seagal	...	John Sands
Steve Toussaint	...	Ratcher
Angus MacInnes	...	General Tom Barnes
Mark Bazeley	...	Captain Richard Jannick
Ciera Payton	...	Jessica
Alki David	...	Rojar
Tim Woodward	...	Admiral Frank Pendleton
Vincenzo Nicoli	...	Peter Stone
Katie Jones	...	Eliana Reed
Gary Cooper	...	Commander Bud Jackson
Bart Sidles	...	Captain 'Fox' Hinkle (as Barton Sidles)
Cristina Teodorescu	...	Pendleton's Operational Soldier Lisa
Rares George Panfil	...	Williams
Noah Lee Margetts	...	Eliana's Soldier
Karen David	...	Barnes's Operational Soldier Flanders

Storyline

John is sent in to recover a stolen Stealth Bomber. His trusty sidekick Rojar and ever faithful Jessica fight the rebel forces of Banansistan, led by the vivacious Ellianna.

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Plot Keywords:

pilot | bomber | terrorist | female nudity | throat slitting | 

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Taglines:

A flight plan to freedom...

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, some language and brief sexuality

Details

Country:

UK Romania USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 February 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Black Thunder

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castel Film Romania, Clubdeal, Steamroller Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Except for Steven Seagal's character having a shady CIA-type past, this film is an almost scene-by-scene remake of the Michael Dudikoff vehicle Black Thunder. Despite this, the writer of "Black Thunder," William C. Martell, received no official credit for the screenplay, only a "thanks" buried in the end credits of "Flight of Fury." Seagal and his writing partner Joe Halpin received full credit for the screenplay.

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Goofs

When the grenade explodes having been thrown into the back of the jeep, the explosion that results begins at the front of the vehicle, away from where the grenade was.

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Quotes

John Sands: [to Jannick] How old are you, now?
Jannick: I'm drinking age.
John Sands: Drinking age?

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Connections

Remake of Black Thunder (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Country Steel"
Written and Performed by David Wurst
Courtesy of CSS Music

User Reviews

Never takes off

Who would have thought that a Steven Seagal movie would employ loads of stock footage in it? Not me, not in 2001 at least when I last saw Big Steve on the big screen in the terrific "Exit Wounds".

"Flight of Fury" is hokey entertainment at best. The stock footage is painfully obvious and (probably) used to make the film look bigger. The story is awfully thin and it took Seagal and another dude to pen it. The fight scenes are uninspired and the gun play is fairly pedestrian. The flight scenes were far better some twenty years ago in "Top Gun" and the acting not very good. In fact, Old Steve mumbles his lines in such a relaxed manner that I expected him to fall asleep every now and then.

Despite all it's faults; "Flight of Fury" isn't all that painful to sit through. It moves along pretty well, the one on one fight with Steve at the end is well played out and an extra star must be awarded for his best physical form in years. There's even a lesbian scene here (completely out of the blue and pointless) but they're always quite the eye candy.

All in all, not a good movie by any means but for fans of Steve it may be worth the hour and a half on a slow night.