Sunday, December 15, 2024
Carry-On
Taron Egerton is a low level TSA agent blackmailed into allowing a suitcase to pass through security. This wild thriller will inevitably be compared to “Die Hard”. It starts & ends with Christmas music. It happens on Christmas Eve & it seems like a terrorist plot is unfolding at the airport (like Die Hard 2). Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton) is that fly in the ointment who suddenly gets a tryout the baggage scanner station. His pregnant girlfriend Nora will be killed if he doesn’t cooperate. And the snack of the day are Ho Ho’s instead of Twinkies. It’s an intense & fun ride with many twists & turns if you don’t nitpick the details. Ethan is caught between a rock & hard place as he must pay the consequences when his attempts to outwit the bad guys fail. Jason Bateman is in the supporting cast.
Alien gives it 3 “taking risks” stars out of 4.
