Fled Rating: Release Date: 06 March, 2001 Retail Price: $14.95 OUR Price: $13.46 You SAVE: $1.49! Cast: Laurence Fishburne Stephen Baldwin Salma Hayek Will Patton Complete Cast (18 total)

Fled Reviews

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AVERAGE ACTIONER
TWO CONVICTS [LAURENCE FISHBURNE AND STEPHEN BALDWIN] ESCAPE FROM PRISON CHAINED TOGETHER. NOW, THEY'RE WANTED BY THE POLICE AND A BUNCH OF RUTHLESS CRIMINALS WHO'RE AFTER A COMPUTER DISK. HAS GOOD ACTION TO SPARE. BUT, THIS MOVIE IS JUST ANOTHER ACTION MOVIE. NOTHING SPECIAL AND NOTHING REALLY ORIGINAL. BUT, IT JUST HAPPENS TO GET FUN FROM TIME TO TIME. YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, LAURENCE FISHBURNE AND STEPHEN BALDWIN MAKE A VERY STRANGE TEAM.

Typical mismatched buddy/cop formula film
This film received quite a bit of attention in Atlanta in the summer of 1996 because it was shot on location and features Atlanta, and my hometown of Stone Mountain, in a starring role that is all too rare for our city. So, seeing it in theaters back then was surreal, because the residents of this city aren't used to seeing it on the big screen, with famous actors playing their assigned roles. The best scenes in this film take place at the Georgia Dome in a shoot-out during a crowded dirt bike event and the finale at Stone Mountain Park. So, for those reasons, this film is in my DVD collection.

The story itself is typical hack work, repeating an all too often used plot about two different guys who are thrown together (handcuffed, in this case) and have to spend the rest of the film learning to appreciate the differences in each other until they become the best of buds in the end. Stephen Baldwin looks like he had the most fun making this film, as he tends to be goofy and likeable, yet annoying at times. Laurence Fishburne looks bored throughout the whole film, like he can't believe he has stooped that low for a paycheck. The bad guys are relentless and ruthless (thinking nothing of shooting up a crowded sporting event in an enclosed venue), which culminates in a cable car to the top of Stone Mountain, that's reminiscent of a James Bond film ("Moonraker", anyone?). And like a lot of films, must it end in such a joking manner? Stephen Baldwin's character is forever bringing up movies, and his final jab at Laurence Fishburne is "haven't you ever seen 'What's Love Got To Do With It?'" Haha...the audience gets the joke, but why Fishburne, who's acting in character, would lunge at Baldwin for that remark is beyond me. Why bother to have characters at all? Why not use their real names and real life personalities, and they can crack all the jokes about movies to each other for the whole film. Heck, Laurence Fishburne would have more to joke about Baldwin's films than vice versa. Having that final joke in the film might be funny for the audience, but it doesn't help a viewer take this film or characters seriously. As I see it, this film is nothing more than a souvenir of some of Atlanta's more famous landmarks. Hopefully Hollywood will come make a better film in Atlanta (and I don't mean using Atlanta as a stand-in for New York or Alabama or some other place, but Atlanta starring as Atlanta). There are many sites in this city that are film worthy...if we can only find a worthy film to set here.

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