Confessions of an Imagination Junkie

Run Hide Fight is a thoroughly satisfying thriller about the resilience of the human spirit.  A 21st century take on the Die Hard narrative, the film drops an ordinary person into a hostage situation and follows her courageous efforts to thwart a gang of modern-day terrorists. The film is suspenseful, exciting, and well worth a couple of hours of your time. The main character is Zoe (an outstanding performance by virtual unknown, Isabel May), a disillusioned and angry high school senior struggling to find a new normal following the recent death of her mother.  Unlike John McClane in Die Hard (be prepared for numerous comparisons here), Zoe is not a tough-as-nails, experienced law enforcement officer. She’s a fragile, grieving teen who’s lost her comfortable relationship with her father, Todd (Thomas Jane), her drive to excel in school, and her youthful faith in happy endings. It takes some skill to write a contentious protagonist and keep her relatable; writer/director Kyle Ra...

Unfortunately for McG and Company, the more I think about Terminator Salvation, the lower its grade plummets. I was ready to give it a C right after watching it, even WITH the killer headache it gave me. Now that I’ve had time to think about, it has dropped two letter grades. While I was watching the film, I was adequately entertained – not blown away or anything, but not falling asleep either. At the same time, it could have ended at any time, and I wouldn’t have cared. Not a good sign.

The writers of this film should be ashamed of themselves.  The people who greenlit this project before they had a decent script should be ashamed of themselves. The entire X-Men franchise should be ashamed to be associated with this garbage movie.