FUGITIVES is a low budget thriller that benefits from an economy of scripting and a sun-drenched backdrop in the form of location shooting in the Bahamas. The story sees your usual uninteresting couple (the male played by British actor Luke Mably, indifferent at best) who find themselves in hot water when their dream holiday destination turns into a nightmare when they're robbed. The film benefits from the presence of two B-movie stalwarts, Stephen Lang and Dominic Purcell, and the latter is particularly effective in the strongman role. The whole thing is full of cliche and hackneyed in the extreme, but the thrills work okay and as a B-movie it's passable enough.

A couple has marital problems. They go off to an island and we suffer through the light drama. They meet some people and then get chased near the end of the film.

I kept waiting for something to happen. They just couldn't go to the island they had to go through the whole martial thing, go to one island and then the other. The film was 90% filler. "Isolation" and "Fugitives" are the same film. The production is a waste of talent.

Guide: F-word. Shower sex. No nudity.

There's a solid cast in this slow burn thriller, as the first 30 minutes of the movie are most glacially paced. Lydia (Tricia Helfer) and Creighton (Luke Mably) have agreed to travel to a remote Bahamian island to try and patch up their marital troubles, stemming from an affair that Creighton admitted to.

While having dinner at a neighbor's home on the island, they return to find the villa where they're staying (owned by one of Creighton's clients) has been ransacked and all their valuables stolen. From that point on, all hell will break loose as mayhem and violence ensue, resulting in the couple fighting for their lives.

Some of the plot machinations here are highly implausible, but I thought, overall, the movie was not awful but it was not very good either. To note, there's raw language laced throughout the film and some explicit scenes as well.

Maybe a rental for a very rainy night.