6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Bad Mojo, April 22, 2007
FLIGHT OF FURY really boils down to a remake of Clint Eastwood's
Firefox leavened with a little of Lou Gossett Jr.'s
Iron Eagle. In FLIGHT OF FURY, Steven Seagal plays the world's greatest Special Ops soldier who is sent to recover the United States' prototype "active stealth" fighter jet (a jet with a cloaking device that renders it invisible) which has been stolen by a traitorous pilot for sale to a group of Middle Eastern terrorists (led by a British expat).
There are a slue of high pyrotechnic explosions, a little gratuitous lesbianism that adds nothing to the storyline but comes as an unexpected development, much gunfire, Steven's usual muttered monotone, and some martial arts action.
The fairly chaotic screenplay manages to hold together despite its spit-for-glue quality. FLIGHT OF FURY gives us nothing new at all in the action genre, but if you are a fan of this type of film FLIGHT OF FURY is worth the effort of crackin' a cold one and mowing down on a couple of microwaved hot dogs on a slow Sunday. (A hint: use the extra spicy mustard.)
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Much better than expected!, February 24, 2007
I have NO idea why there are negative reviews of this show.
As an avid Seagal fan, who has seen ALL his movies, & owns several of them; I have been disappointed in the past by some of his releases.
Foreigner being one of them.
Flight of Fury is an excellent show! I thought the fight scenes were ok, not as good as we have seen before...but good.
I will be buying this one! SEE THIS MOVIE!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
winging it in Afganistan . . ., November 22, 2009
The style of Flight of Fury (2007) is kind of a throwback to 80's arena style military air adventures, though the story is shaky story, and special effects subpar. Steven Seagal is John Sands, an ex-air force pilot recruited for a mission to recover a stolen X-77 stealth bomber. Sand's former student, USAF Colonel Ratcher (Steve Toussaint) has taken the plane to Afghanistan, where the Black Sunday terrorist group, plans to arm it with biological weapons, and then strike Europe and America.
Under the command of General Barnes (Angus MacInnes), Sands and Captain Jannick (Mark Bazeley), are sent to Afghanistan, backed by a SEAL team. When the SEAL's are wiped out, and Jannick is captured, Sands turns to Jessica (Cierra Payton), an undercover agent, to try and salvage the mission. With the help of Rojar (Alki Davis), another local ally, they mount a raid on the air base, and Sands manages to get the X-77 in the air. It is along way back to Edwards AFB, with Ratcher in pursuit in an F-16.
Flight of Fury rates low marks for credibility. We are in trouble, if the military chain of command operates anything like this, where clowns like General Barnes are running cowboy missions, just to cover his own butt. Starting a war is evidently not a concern to Barnes, as he orders the destruction of the enemy base.
How Sands is able to land a USAF plane safely at an Afghan airfield is a mystery. Since he departs in the X-77, his original plane was apparently left as a goodwill gift from America. It is amazingly fortuitous that the beautiful Jessica, who coincidentally is a close friend of Sands, just happens to be living near where Black Sunday is headquartered.
The 'special' effects for the stealth effect are passable, and the brief air battle relies heavily on editing to convey the impression that the action is continuous. It appears that stock footage was used for some of the battle scenes, both in the air and on the ground. The fight scenes are rather messy, and not that well done. The dialog throughout the film is horrible, with hardly a line not sounding like some stupid cliché.
Flight of Fury is cartoonish effort that's mildly entertaining if you turn your critical meter way down. The script is reality challenged, and the budget was probably insufficient to provide decent special effects. The wide scope of the film, deflects the focus from Seagal, which probably serves well here, as being an obedient subordinate that follows orders, really isn't his thing. Presentation is widescreen, and like Seagal's previous direct to video releases, the DVD contains no bonus materials.
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