Flight of Fury (2007)
Flight of Fury is a 2007 American action thriller film directed by Michael Keusch, and starring Steven Seagal, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Halpin. The film co-stars Steve Toussaint, Angus MacInnes and Mark Bazeley. The film was released direct-to-DVD in the United States on February 20, 2007.
Plot:
Air Force pilot John Sands (Steven Seagal) has been wrongfully imprisoned in a military detention center where his memory is to be chemically wiped out. His superiors feel threatened by the knowledge he gained from his assignments to operations that were deemed too sensitive for regular intelligence services. A top secret Air Force Stealth Bomber known as the X-77, capable of going anywhere undetected, is stolen by corrupt Air Force pilot Ratcher (Steve Toussaint). General Tom Barnes (Angus MacInnes), Sands’ former commander, hears that Sands was arrested after taking down a group of men who were robbing a rest stop. It is revealed that Sands is Ratcher’s
trainer, Barnes sends Sands to northern Afghanistan with fellow pilot Rick Jannick (Mark Bazeley) to recover the X-77, by promising Sands that he will be a free man if he succeeds. Barnes has Admiral Frank Pendleton (Tim Woodward), who is on an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Arabia, keep a team of pilots on standby just in case an air attack needs to be launched on the compound where the X-77 has been hidden.
Before Sands and Jannick arrive in Afghanistan, a Navy SEAL team that was planted there to meet them is killed by a group of men led by Eliana Reed (Katie Jones). Eliana kidnaps Jannick, and she takes him to her boss, Peter Stone (Vincenzo Nicoli), the man who paid Ratcher $100 million to steal the X-77.
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In a village close to Stone’s compound, Sands meets up with his contacts Jessica and Rojar (Alki David).
As it turns out, Stone was born from a Muslim mother and a British father. Stone had spent his childhood in the Middle East, but was educated at Oxford. Stone’s mother was killed in an attack by U.S. troops during Desert Storm, and as a result, a vengeful Stone formed the Black Sunday terrorist group. It is revealed that Eliana is Stone’s second in command. She trains with a various guerrilla groups in the region, giving Stone the foundation he needs. Now, Stone plans to use the X-77 and its pinpoint precision to drop two biological warfare bombs undetected one of them on Europe and one of them on the United States. Stone plans to pay Ratcher another $100 million to fly the X-77 and drop the two bombs.
Cast:
- Steven Seagalas John Sands
- Steve Toussaintas Col. Ratcher
- Angus MacInnesas General Tom Barnes
- Mark Bazeley as Captain Richard Jannick
Ciera Payton as Jessica
Alki David as Rojar
Tim Woodward as Frank Pendleton
Vincenzo Nicoli as Peter Stone
Katie Jones as Eliana Reed
Gary Cooper as Commander Bud Jackson
Barton Sidles as Captain “Fox” Hinkle
Cristina Teodorescu as Lisa,
Rares George Panfil as Williams
Noah Lee Margetts as Eliana’s Soldier
Karen David as Flanders