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By Alistair Lawrence
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Vengeful school-shooter drama has violence, language.
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Run Hide Fight
What's the Story?
RUN HIDE FIGHT is the story of a defiant teenage girl, Zoe Hull (Isabel May), who must survive a quartet of students who go on a killing spree at her high school.
Is It Any Good?
The opening hour of this low-budget action thriller is a tense portrayal of how the lives of students and school staff can be terrorized by acts of carefully planned violence. Run Hide Fight doesn't shy away from the violence it depicts. Blood sprays the walls and innocent teens die in each others' arms in between May's Zoe fleeing, then combating, the school shooters. But just as forcefully as the film announces itself, its story begins to unravel into a tedious revenge fantasy.
Zoe's grief for her mother never quite fits its intended purpose of showing us how she processes death. While the movie also wastes the talents of Thomas Jane, who plays Zoe's veteran father, Todd, and Treat Williams, whose cameo as Sheriff Tarsy seems to accidentally include one of the movie's best scenes, when he must distract roving news crews so that some more lives can be saved. Ultimately Run Hide Fight fails to create any memorable heroes, villains, set pieces, or talking points. Amid its confused pronouncements about vengeance and personal responsibility, the worst thing you can say about it is that eventually it's no longer shocking, just boring.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the violence in Run Hide Fight. Did the violent scenes help tell the story in an effective way? Was it shocking or thrilling? Why? Does exposure to violent media desensitize kids to violence?
The premise of the movie is reminiscent to some real-life tragedies involving school shootings. Do you think the filmmakers handled the movie sensitively? Why is that important? What were the school shooters' motivations? How to talk to kids about school shootings.
Discuss the strong language used in the movie. Did it seem necessary or excessive? What did it contribute to the movie?
What was the impact of Zoe's relationship with her dead mother to the main story? Was this done in an effective manner?
Discuss the movie's finale. What point do you think the filmmakers were trying to get across? Do you think they have a clear opinion on gun violence and school shootings?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : January 14, 2021
- Cast : Isabel May , Thomas Jane , Eli Brown
- Director : Kyle Rankin
- Inclusion Information : Female Movie Actor(s)
- Studio : The Daily Wire
- Genre : Drama
- Topics : School ( High School )
- Run time : 109 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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