Fled

Fled (1996) is a mid-90s American action film you can watch online on iFILM. Director Kevin Hooks built it on a single premise: two men who can't stand each other, chained together and running for their lives. Laurence Fishburne plays Piper, a hardened convict; Stephen Baldwin plays Dodge, a cyberhacker with information someone powerful wants buried. Salma Hayek shows up as the woman willing to help them reach Atlanta.

A prison work detail turns into a shootout, and the pair escape still shackled. Dodge is tied to $25 million in stolen funds — which makes him a target for the mob and a corrupt federal agent at the same time. Piper just wants to get clear. Neither of them planned to be responsible for the other. The film is 98 minutes of chase, banter, and the gradual admission that they actually need each other.

It is squarely in the buddy-action tradition of its era, and it doesn't pretend otherwise. What it has is Fishburne, who makes every exchange feel like it actually costs something. Stream Fled (1996) on iFILM.