{"id":1536,"date":"2025-04-24T18:55:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2025-04-28T03:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:21:38","slug":"bonkers-new-thriller-starring-90s-heartthrob-lands-rare-rotten-tomatoes-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/bonkers-new-thriller-starring-90s-heartthrob-lands-rare-rotten-tomatoes-score\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bonkers\u2019 new thriller starring 90s heartthrob lands rare Rotten Tomatoes score"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fight or Flight | Official Trailer (HD) | Vertical\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SdsHRpjfqEI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Josh Hartnett\u2019s new action thriller has received a very rare, perfect score on <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/rotten-tomatoes\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/08\/02\/thriller-director-debuts-worst-rotten-tomatoes-score-years-ridiculous-film-21350984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fresh from his efforts in Trap<\/a>, the 46-year-old\u2019s latest film has seen him take on assassins on a long-haul plane journey in Fight or Flight.<\/p>\n<p>In the flick, directed by James Madigan, he played mercenary Lucas Reyes, who was asked to track down a mysterious asset on board a flight from Bangkok to San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>While that may sound simple, things didn\u2019t quite go to plan when he realized that other passengers had been sent to kill them both.<\/p>\n<p>The movie was released on Sky Cinema in the UK back in February, and will hit the big screen in the US on May 9 \u2013 but has already attracted a string of rave reviews online.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it currently boasts a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics commending Josh\u2019s action skills.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22969225 lazyload\" alt=\"A mercenary takes on the task of eliminating a high value target on a plane flight, but when an onslaught of rival assassins descend upon them both, he realizes they have to team up in order to survive. This is a kinetic action\/thriller with levity ??? think JOHN WICK meets DIE HARD on a plane.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_238911808-b99d.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Josh Hartnett\u2019s new film managed a very rare 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes (Picture: Sky TV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22969224 lazyload\" alt=\"A mercenary takes on the task of eliminating a high value target on a plane flight, but when an onslaught of rival assassins descend upon them both, he realizes they have to team up in order to survive. This is a kinetic action\/thriller with levity ??? think JOHN WICK meets DIE HARD on a plane.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_238911815-8dd2.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Fight or Flight was released in the UK in February, and will premiere in the US next month (Picture: Sky TV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jack Martin from Film Feeder praised: \u2018Fight or Flight is a bonkers action-comedy that is fun and devilishly gory enough to overlook some of its more gaping flaws, while providing Josh Hartnett with another magnetic lead turn in a script filled with chaos.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Donald Clarke of the Irish Times agreed: \u2018James Madigan, hitherto a second-unit director, takes precisely the right attitude from the opening skirmish.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is cartoon violence at a level of savagery that might give Itchy &amp; Scratchy pause for thought.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22969239 lazyload\" alt=\"A mercenary takes on the task of eliminating a high value target on a plane flight, but when an onslaught of rival assassins descend upon them both, he realizes they have to team up in order to survive. This is a kinetic action\/thriller with levity ??? think JOHN WICK meets DIE HARD on a plane.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_248665210-53ec.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Josh stunned as mercenary Lucas Reyes (Picture: Sky TV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22969238 lazyload\" alt=\"A mercenary takes on the task of eliminating a high value target on a plane flight, but when an onslaught of rival assassins descend upon them both, he realizes they have to team up in order to survive. This is a kinetic action\/thriller with levity ??? think JOHN WICK meets DIE HARD on a plane.\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_248665212-8065.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Critics branded the flick \u2018bonkers\u2019 (Picture: Sky TV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018A violent \u201cassassins on a plane\u201d romp that sees Josh Hartnett have the best time with a chainsaw,\u2019 Digital Spy\u2019s Ian Sandwell said.<\/p>\n<p>As Chris Wasser at the Sunday Independent added: \u2018The brutal, bone-crunching combat sequences are fun, and you haven\u2019t lived until you\u2019ve seen a bleach-blonde Hartnett run riot with a chainsaw.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The official synopsis reads: \u2018Exiled American agent Lucas Reyes (Josh Hartnett) is given one last chance to redeem himself \u2014 the assignment is to track down and identify a mysterious, international high-value asset known only as The Ghost on a flight from Bangkok to San Francisco.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media metro-instagram\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"12\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIwWqOau6c0\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIwWqOau6c0\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIwWqOau6c0\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Complicating matters, the plane is filled with assassins from around the world who are assigned to kill them both.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The pair must work together in a fight for their lives. At 37,000 feet, the stakes have never been higher.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/08\/02\/00s-heartthrob-felt-terrible-embarrassing-kate-beckinsale-sex-scene-21352284\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Josh has starred in a number of hits<\/a> over the years, including Pearl Harbor, The Faculty, Lucky Number Slevin and 40 Days and 40 Nights.<\/p>\n<p>He then turned his back on the limelight in Hollywood to <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/03\/06\/josh-hartnett-marries-tamsin-egerton-in-private-ceremony-16224250\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enjoy a quieter life with his wife, actress Tamsin Egerton<\/a>, and their four children.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"462\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22969418 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2163533029-e1745570104754.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Josh made a very brief return to social media (Picture: WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the Oppenheimer star is clearly going all out to promote Fight or Flight, including an iconic \u2013 if not brief \u2013 return to our timelines.<\/p>\n<p>In a new post from the film\u2019s official Instagram account, he filmed a video to hype the blockbuster up, in the most Josh Hartnett way possible.<\/p>\n<p>Only half of his face appeared at the bottom of the clip, with the sound of typing playing over the footage as a message on screen read: \u2018Me promoting my film before ghosting social media for another 10 years.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fight or Flight will be released in US cinemas on May 9.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Hartnett\u2019s new action thriller has received a very rare, perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. Fresh from his efforts in Trap, the 46-year-old\u2019s latest film has seen him take on assassins on a long-haul plane journey in Fight or Flight. In the flick, directed by James Madigan, he played mercenary Lucas Reyes, who was asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1544,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions\/1544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}