When the Wright brothers first envisioned human flight, we could be sure they by no means fairly envisioned an murderer performed by Josh Hartnett being trapped in a airplane filled with different lethal killers, 37,000 toes within the air. After taking part in Cooper Abbott, a serial killer, a.okay.a. “The Butcher,” in M. Evening Shyamalan’s thriller movie Lure, in 2024. Harnett returns for a bit extra violence, this time as an murderer within the motion thriller, Battle or Flight. Forward of the movie’s anticipated launch later this yr in February, an action-packed trailer has been launched, displaying Harnett’s murderer mowing by a number of assailants a number of thousand toes within the air.

Having swapped his acquainted darkish hair for a brand new look, the trailer for Battle or Flight sees Hartnett taking the lead as a considerably down-on-his-luck murderer, who finds himself tasked with defending a goal. After a good bit of convincing, Harnett’s murderer takes on the task, which from all indications was presupposed to be a reasonably straightforward and simple gig. Nevertheless, he wasn’t relying on being trapped on a airplane transporting him and his asset, with varied different assassins who’ve been given the duty of killing them off.

Hartnett Is Nonetheless Very A lot Devoted to Motion

Having a look on the work finished within the trailer, it’s clear that Hartnett is kind of snug getting bodily in his movies — Battle or Flight is much from the actor’s first motion position. Hartnett has performed roles in Wrath of Man and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre alongside motion star Jason Statham. Hartnett has clearly taken his position within the new thriller fairly severely, revealing to Collider in August 2024 that he had carried out his personal stunts within the upcoming movie, saying:

“I’ve received a movie popping out known as Battle or Flight, the place I do my very own stunts. I am 46. I used to be 45 after I shot it. It is completely different from whenever you’re in your twenties. We had a really lengthy shot in that movie the place I’m preventing an infinite quantity of unhealthy guys on a airplane, in a close-counter surroundings, and utilizing issues off the airplane to battle them. You simply do not get better the way in which you used to, you already know? So, I discovered that to be the hardest bodily factor I’ve ever needed to do.”

In addition to Hartnett, the forged for the motion thriller additionally consists of Charithra Chandran (Bridgerton), Julian Kostov (Shadow and Bone), Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) and Marko Zaror (John Wick: Chapter 4). Battle or Flight is directed by James Madigan (Runaways) from a screenplay by Brooks McLaren and D.J. Cotrona.

Hartnett’s upcoming movie Battle or Flight will likely be launched in February 2025. His newest function, Lure, is streaming on Max.

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