Laurence Fishburne, Robert Burke, Robert John Burke

In the road-movie-reluctant-pals genre, Fled goes down a road well-taken and still manages to get lost. Defiant ones Piper (Laurence Fishburne) and Dodge (Stephen Baldwin) escape from their cha...( read more  read more... )in gang when a prison break/shootout begins. Evading rednecks and faceless policemen they make it to Atlanta where "smart-ass" Dodge (who delivers one-liners that do a disservice to smart-asses everywhere) has to recover a computer disk. They are aided and abetted by Cora (Salma Hayek--this time using a funny hat, instead of her breasts, for character development), who takes the convicts in as if she were picking up college buddies from the airport. Maybe she realizes what great guys these prison-garbed buffoons are. They donate money to charity. They save dying rednecks. They rescue little boys from oncoming cars. Unfortunately, they can't save any of Dodge's old associates, like his stripper-with-an-apartment-of-gold girlfriend or his fellow computer hacker, from getting shot up by Cuban Mafia thugs that want that disk! Laurence Fishburne is the main reason to see the film, but that's a stretch, and Stephen Baldwin seems nothing like the same searing actor seen in The Usual Suspects. --Keith Simanton

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R, 98 min.

Directed by: Kevin Hooks

Release Date: July 19, 1996

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DVD Release Date: August 24, 1999

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  • December 4, 2007
    this was a goofy and over the top chase flick but it was entertaining.
  • November 26, 2009
    Dodge and Piper are both prisoners who end up tied together in chains. They manage to flee from the prison and get to know each other. Dodge is a computer hacker who serves time in prison and Piper is a tough guy. Problems occur because of a floppy disc with delicate information ...( read more)and they run in to an attractive woman, a marshall, an honest cop and the Cuban mafia. I actually liked this movie very much and I don't know why I haven't seen it before.
  • November 13, 2009
    Nothing special about this movie. I can honestly say had silly plot, dialouge totally immoral and over the top acting. The stunts were good but did'nt do much as the action looked so corny. I almost fled this movie.
  • September 23, 2009
    PRETTY GOOD STORY. COUPLE OF BIG NAMES, IT'S SURPRISING i HADN'T HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. LOVED THE MOVIE REFERENCES.
  • August 13, 2009
    This was actually a pretty good remake of a classic...A more modern flare that the Sydney Poitier version"
  • June 21, 2009
    Fled is a pleasant surprise! Cheap and cheerful it may be, but its none the less entertaining. The chemistry between Fishburne and Baldwin doesn't entirely feel natural, but it still works and is the source of most of the big laughs. Meanwhile the action is suitably revved up and...( read more) simple to keep you going through its relatively short running time!

    Major props to Hayek -- can this woman do any wrong?! as usual adding another star to the review!!
  • April 3, 2009
    A rather silly action movie. The actors attempt to make this a legit action thriller, but end up making it even more corny with their over-the-top acting. It's not the worst action movie ever by any means, but it's not a very good one either. It was so cheesy that I wasn't even s...( read more)lightly surprised to see RuPaul make a cameo.
  • December 21, 2008
    I will admit that I only watched this because of Salma. I would think that even the people who read the script would have thought that this was absolute crap by the time it was the 90s. And I know they were chained together, but it should never be mentioned alongside The Defiant ...( read more)Ones. Not-A-Remake.
  • November 20, 2008
    one of the best movies with Stephen Baldwin. MUST SEE!
  • July 15, 2008
    Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero).

    First viewing: 22.01.2000

Critic Reviews


June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Baldwin, in particular, has an appealing bad-boy quality. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Fled is a movie without a brain in its head, and it borrows cheerfully from lots of other movies, but at least it has the integrity to acknowledge its sources. full review

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