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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.
A high school student, Zoe, and her friends are trapped in their school when a group of armed students launch a violent assault. Zoe must use her wits and survival skills to protect herself and her classmates. The film depicts the harrowing ordeal as they navigate the chaotic situation, attempting to evade the attackers and find a way to escape the deadly lockdown. It's a story of resilience and survival against overwhelming odds within the confines of a school.
Run Hide Fight received mixed to negative reviews from critics, with many criticizing its gratuitous violence and perceived insensitivity to real-world school shootings. While some acknowledged the film's intensity and a few praised the performances, the overall reception focused on its controversial subject matter and execution.
Praised for its intense action sequences and lead performance.
Criticized for its controversial and potentially exploitative subject matter.
Seen by some as a gratuitous exercise in violence rather than a meaningful commentary.
Google audience: Audience reviews are generally more favorable than critical ones, with many viewers appreciating the film's suspenseful nature and action-packed plot. However, some still express discomfort with the subject matter, finding it difficult to watch.
The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2020, nearly a year before its wide release in the United States in early 2021.
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The politics of the writers of this movie are atrocious, and the abominable nature of their political belief shines through in a very heavy handed way. The subject matter is touchy and warrants more consideration than this pastiche and usel...
This is just an action movie. Legit, the Daily Wire put it out so you aren't supposed to like it and politics and politics and cancel culture and censorship and... crap. But the honest truth is that it is just an action movie. It's low...
Run Hide Fight is a suspenseful thriller that examines the horror of school shootings, a very real problem in our society. The audience is left on the edge of their seat and entertained without being lectured by Hollywood, and American valu...
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. Hi...