{"id":77224,"date":"2025-02-03T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T19:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=77224"},"modified":"2025-01-27T19:36:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:06:30","slug":"movie-review-carry-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2025\/02\/03\/movie-review-carry-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review – Carry-On"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Principal Cast : <\/strong>Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Logan Marshall-Green, Theo Rossi, Dean Norris, Sinqua Walls, Josh Brener, Curtiss Cook, Tonatiuh, Joe Williamson, Gil Perez-Abraham.
\nSynopsis:<\/strong> A mysterious traveller blackmails a young TSA agent into letting a dangerous package slip through security and onto a Christmas Day flight.<\/h5>\n

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If\u00a0Die Hard 2<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Red Eye<\/em>\u00a0had a baby mid-flight, it\u2019d be\u00a0Carry-On<\/em>\u2014a turbocharged, gloriously absurd action thriller that knows exactly how ridiculous it is and leans in hard. Director Jaume Collet-Serra (The Commuter<\/em>,\u00a0Jungle Cruise<\/em>) reteams with Netflix to deliver a B-movie adrenaline shot stuffed with airport chaos, Jason Bateman smirking like a Bond villain on Xanax, and Taron Egerton doing his best \u201cbudget Bruce Willis\u201d as Ethan Kopek, a TSA agent thrust into a terrorist plot thicker than airport pretzel dough.<\/p>\n

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The premise? Pure chaos theory: On Christmas Eve, Kopek (Egerton) is blackmailed by Bateman\u2019s unnamed \u201cTraveller\u201d to smuggle a mystery bag through LAX\u2014or his pregnant girlfriend (Sofia Carson) gets a one-way ticket to the afterlife. Cue a cat-and-mouse sprint across terminals, Danielle Deadwyler\u2019s no-nonsense detective playing catch-up, and Logan Marshall-Green\u2019s DHS agent scowling like he\u2019s auditing the script. The plot twists? So ludicrous they\u2019d give\u00a0Turbulence<\/em>\u2019s Ray Liotta vertigo. (Yes, a nerve agent poisoning is solved in 30 minutes. No, the film does not care.)<\/p>\n

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Collet-Serra\u2019s direction is all greased gears and no frills\u2014a\u00a0Non-Stop<\/em>\u00a0reunion minus Liam Neeson\u2019s growl. Action sequences snap by like conveyor-belt luggage, favoring claustrophobic close-ups over choreography, but the real fireworks come from Egerton and Bateman. The former channels McClane-lite charm, sweating through his polo shirt like a man who\u2019s read the\u00a0TSA Handbook for Dummies<\/em>\u00a0mid-chase. The latter, though? A revelation. Bateman\u2019s Traveller oozes menace with the calm of a guy who\u2019d poison your latte\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0tip the barista. Their verbal sparring\u2014part negotiation, part psychological warfare\u2014is the film\u2019s jet fuel.<\/p>\n

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Is it smart? Absolutely not. The script (by\u00a0Ratchet & Clank<\/em>\u2019s TJ Fixman) treats logic like a middle seat on a 12-hour flight\u2014something to endure, not enjoy. But\u00a0Carry-On<\/em> thrives on its own stupidity. It\u2019s a love letter to \u201990s cheese, complete with Lauren Holly-level contrivances, Dean Norris barking orders as a TSA boss, and Theo Rossi lurking as a henchman who probably sharpens knives to ASMR. Flaws? Sure. Sofia Carson\u2019s damsel role feels stale, and the third act\u2019s \u201cgotcha!\u201d twists land like a delayed baggage claim. But Collet-Serra knows his lane: This isn\u2019t\u00a0Oppenheimer<\/em>; it\u2019s a rollercoaster where the safety bar\u2019s optional. By the time Egerton\u2019s dodging bullets in a baggage carousel showdown, you\u2019ll either groan or grin. I grinned.<\/p>\n

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Carry-On<\/em>\u00a0won\u2019t win Oscars, but it\u2019s the best kind of Netflix junk food: salty, addictive, and gone before you regret it. Just check your brain at security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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