Carry-On
Published December 26, 2024
Film info
- Title Carry-On
- Director Jaume Collet-Serra
- Year 2024
- Run time 1hr 59m
- Genres Action, Thriller
- Tagline Every holiday saeson, millions travel safely by air. This Christmas will be different.
An airport security officer races to outsmart a mysterious traveler forcing him to let a dangerous item slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:14 | Bit jealous of this lighting/watering situation in the greenhouse. |
| 8:26 | He sounds a little bit stalkerish, if we’re being honest. |
| 12:45 | “How many people did you tell?” “Literally every person I saw since you told me.” |
| 19:34 | Ooh, like that a super quick shift swap decision could foil a plot. |
| 24:52 | It feels like 911 wouldn’t really be his first choice of call. Not yet. |
| 30:39 | Damn, would have been fun for Apple Watch to save the day. |
| 36:19 | Why are people so awful at airports?? |
| 41:41 | “There’s people in control, and there’s people who are listening.” |
| 52:41 | He’s moving the goal posts a bit. Do nothing, you’ll be fine. When the airplane takes off, you’ll be fine. |
| 1:03:13 | Him running off like that is just going to cause a panic, surely. |
| 1:17:08 | That’s car scene was so good and so stressful! |
| 1:23:38 | Find My Novichok. |
| 1:44:48 | Is the refrigerated section entirely airtight? We better hope so. |
Thoughts
It’s billed as a Die Hard style Christmas film and it definitely wants to be that, whilst not quite living up to the Bruce Willis legend. But I have to admit, I quite enjoyed it. The story is pretty woolly, and if you know anything about airports and planes, there are plot holes galore. But Taron does a great job as the twitchy hero, and they were really good at ramping up the tension at various points. It’s weird to see Bateman as the bad guy but it was an entertaining couple of hours!
Rating: 4 / 5
