Spotlight REVIEW Movie review: Josh Hartnett gets to soar in 'Fight or Flight' BRUCE R. MILLER May 9, 2025 May 9, 2025 Updated Sep 11, 2025 0 × Bruce Miller, Sioux City Journal entertainment editor, speaks with "Fight or Flight" actor Katee Sackhoff and director James Madigan. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you wondered why you don’t get meals on flights you might want to check out “Fight or Flight.”kAm%96C6[ y@D9 w2CE?6EE FD6D 6G6CJ A@DD:3=6 :E6> @? 2 A=2?6 E@ E9H2CE A@E6?E:2= 2DD2DD:?D]k^AmkAm%92E H:?6 8=2DDn %92E EC2J E23=6n %92E 2C> C6DEn %92E ?64<E:6n p== =6E92= H62A@?D H96? E96 <:==6CD DE2CE >@G:?8 E9C@F89 E96 2:D=6D]k^Am Josh Hartnett plays a mercenary hired to protect a passenger aboard a flight in "Fight or Flight." Vertical Films kAmw2CE?6EE A=2JD 2 >6C46?2CJ H9@’D 9:C65 E@ 3@2C5 2 A=2?6 3@F?5 7@C $2? uC2?4:D4@ E@ AC@E64E 2? F?:56?E:7:65 4C:>:?2=] x? 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