A 17-year-old girl uses her wits, survival skills, and compassion to fight for her life, and those of her fellow classmates, against a group of live-streaming school shooters.
Isabel May
Zoe Hull
Thomas Jane
Todd Hull
Radha Mitchell
Jennifer Hull
Eli Brown
Tristan Voy
Olly Sholotan
Lewis Washington
Treat Williams
Sheriff Tarsy
Barbara Crampton
Mrs. Crawford
Cyrus Arnold
Kip Quade
Britton Sear
Chris Jelick
Catherine Davis
Anna Jelick
Kenneisha Thompson
Deputy Monique
Zachary Le Vey
Vice Principal
Cindy Vela
Ms Nunez
Tom Williamson
Mr. Coombs
Joel Michaely
Mr. Yates
Nate Boyer
Swat Guy
Bryan Massey
Gym Teacher
CG Lewis
Roy Moake
Corin Nemec
Beat Cop
Desarae A. Dotson
Claire
David Docobo
Will
Martin Elfrey
Police Officer
Mely Quan
High School Student
Anthony Spurgin
High School Student
Robert Johnson
Swat Driver
Molly Grace
Injured Girl
Jonny Gallegos
Student
Shelby Mayes
Cora Brenner
Director, Screenplay
Kyle Rankin
January 18, 2021
There's something disturbingly simplistic about Run Hide Fight. It takes what is actually a complex problem, mired in issues of poverty, inequality, an institutionalised culture of violence and more and reduces it to a basic formula.
High school shooters are presented as violent, immature, sometimes mentally ill, narcissists and little more. Certainly there may be elements of this, in these events but there's a lot more to than that.
I felt the handling was uncomfortable and somewhat troubling, leaving a tale that not only failed to resonate but to me, felt a little exploitative.
Acting wise, its on the money. This film is outside my demographic but I'm a big fan of Thomas Jane, so I took a look. Jane does not fail to impress but his is really a peripheral character. The main role falling to Isabel May.
May hands in a sardonic, fraught but ultimately hopeful performance as a Rambo/John McClane (Die Hard) style character.
The pacing works and there is plenty of action to keep things rolling along.
That said, for me this is a sombre subject, that I feel deserves the sort of mature treatment offered up by Michael Moore's insightful documentary, Bowling for Columbine (2002).
6/10.