Flight of Fury (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, Mark Bazeley, Steve Toussaint

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steven Seagal	...	John Sands
Steve Toussaint	...	Col. Ratcher
Angus MacInnes	...	Gen. Tom Barnes
Mark Bazeley	...	Capt. Richard Jannick
Ciera Payton	...	Jessica
Alki David	...	Rojar
Tim Woodward	...	Admr. Frank Pendleton
Vincenzo Nicoli	...	Peter Stone
Katie Jones	...	Eliana Reed
Gary Cooper	...	Cmdr. Bud Jackson
Bart Sidles	...	Capt. '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

--**Contains Spoilers**----Air Force pilot John Sands has been wrongfully imprisoned in a military detention center, where his memory is to be chemically wiped because some of his superiors feel threatened by the knowledge that he gained from his assignments to operations that were deemed too sensitive for the regular intelligence services. Later, after John escapes from the detention center, a top secret Air Force Stealth Bomber known as the X-77, which uses the latest in stealth cloaking technology, making it capable of going anywhere undetected, is stolen by corrupt Air Force pilot Ratcher. General Tom Barnes, John's former commander, hears that John has been arrested after taking down a group of men who were robbing a rest stop. Knowing that John was Ratcher's trainer, Barnes sends John to northern Afghanistan with fellow pilot Rick Jannick to recover the X-77, promising John that he will be a free man if he succeeds. Barnes has Admiral Frank Pendleton, who is on an aircraft ...

---

Plot Keywords:

pilot | terrorist | bomber | street shootout | m 16 | 

---

Taglines:

A flight plan to freedom...

---

Genres:

Action | Thriller

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, some language and brief sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

Howard Stern reviewed this film, although he incorrectly called it "The Flight", you can find the clip on YOUTUBE, it's clear he is talking about this film and describes the entire plot in hilarious details.

---

Goofs

SR-71 crews use special flight suits similar to space suits, due to the low air pressure encountered at 80,000 ft.

---

Quotes

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

---

Connections

Referenced in Best of the Worst: Our DVD and Blu-ray Collection (2019)

---

Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Dire

Steven Seagal appears to be sleepwalking through a dreadful movie shot almost entirely in close-up to disguise the complete lack of budget and resources. To pick on the technical flaws - silver F/A-18s and F-14s take of from a carrier for an air-strike, and miraculously become camouflaged F-16s for the actual strike - would give this movie more credibility than it deserves. Suffice it to say that the most interesting thing in the movie is the credit titles which fade on and then disappear in a lightning wipe, which presumably is available to all users of Final Cut Pro. Putting all your creativity into your own credit puts Michael Keusch in the same category as Marcel Mandu.

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:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$68,529

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