Product Description

Steven Seagal stars in this high-octane thriller as John Sands, a secret operative used by the United States Air Force for those clandestine operations deemed too sensitive for the regular intelligence services. When his own Agency feels threatened by the knowledge he gained from past exploits -- they quickly imprison him and schedule a chemical wipe of his memories. Feeling betrayed by his Agency, John escapes the hi-tech detention center and plans to assimilate into society. Unfortunately, the Air Force has other plans for him. A top secret Stealth Bomber that uses the latest in stealth cloaking technology has been hijacked and it’s their belief that John’s the only man capable of getting it back before it falls into the hands of a terrorist group that could prove to be an unstoppable force.

Sands stumbles into the middle of a liquor store robbery that forces him to defend himself, which leads to his arrest by the local police department. While in custody, John finds he cannot escape his past. The Agency he worked for has located him. While John sits handcuffed inside the police station they offer him a deal - find the jet and bring it back into the United States. If he does this they'll allow him to walk away from this life and start over without having to look back. John knows he has little choice and agrees to the deal.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18890 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2007-02-20
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 98 minutes

Amazon.com
Anyone who seeks out a Steven Seagal movie has certain expectations: Bone-crunchingly brutal martial arts action; spiritual or ecological wisdom uttered in Seagal's hoarse monotone; and one long relentless scowl. Flight of Fury fails to deliver on all counts. Seagal plays an ex-military guy who's the only man who can retrieve a stolen stealth fighter. So he goes to Afghanistan, where he teams up with a sexy agent of some kind (Ciera Payton, making her cinematic debut) to shoot a bunch of Afghan mercenaries and fly away. The only plausible explanation for this movie's existence is that Seagal and his producers bought some stock footage of jet fighters and decided to build a story around it. The action scenes are murky, brief, and edited to compensate for Seagal's increasing bulk. The rote dialogue--co-written by Seagal--is recycled from a dozen other action movies. And Seagal can't even muster the energy to frown, let alone scowl. This inert lump of a movie is the latest in a series of clumsy, incompetent, straight-to-video clunkers from Seagal, who is cynically squeezing every dollar he can out of his long-suffering fanbase. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Bad Mojo
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.)

Not Half Past Bad. A Well Done Action Film.
Those who relish negatively reviewing Seagal's films, an perhaps understandably, had a field day with "Attack Force", are going to be quite dissappointed with "Field of Fury", because it is in fact a pretty decent film. If Seagal had hit a low with "Attack Force", then he has reedeemed himself quite a bit with this new film and restored his credibility and integrity to a respectable degree. Interestingly enough, it is the same director, just an infinitely better film. The story logic is coherent and well paced, Seagal looks fitter and healthier than he has in recent memory, the use of stunt doubles is minimal, if at all, the editing is quite good, the soundtrack is classically themed and effective, the fight scenes are not extensive but well done and fullfilling, with Seagal in better form than we have seen him in a while, the supporting cast is quite capable. Also, although there is some voice dubbing. This time, there is a small amout of voice dubbing, but the dubbing is done well enough so that it sound almost exactly like Seagal, and it is hard to discern the difference. The buzz was that this film was quite superior to his recent films and although I approached it with some trepidation, I can attest to the fact that this film is a welcome surprise, and is a quite entertaining and well made action film. I suppose the truest review would come from someone who I watched this film with, and who is not a particular fan of Seagal to begin with, and yet admitted that compared to Seagal's recent offerings, that this film was "impressive" and "good enough for theatrical release," which I must agree with. Given a more substantial budget, and a more capable director, Seagal could even do better, but this film was not half bad, or not half past bad should I say. I recommend it.

not as bad as most say here
Give the man a break! Yes, "Attack Force" was horrible but this one is worth to be watched.