CARRY-ON

TSA agent Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton) has been mailing it in on life until today. Today is Christmas Eve and he found out his girlfriend Nora (Sofia Carson) is pregnant. In order to begin providing for his soon-to-be expanding family, Ethan asks his boss for a chance to prove his worth on the busiest traveling day of the year. His boss obliges and allows him screening duties; however, he soon is forced to contend with Jason Bateman's character, who is only referred to in the credits as traveler. He's extremely smart and always one-step ahead of Ethan. The only thing Ethan needs to do it allow a bag going through his line to clear security and his pregnant girlfriend will live. I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I was going to. I'm a huge Bateman fan and relish the opportunity to see him play against type as the baddie and here, he does not disappoint! It's an extremely interesting cat-and-mouse game set inside LAX. The story doesn't drag, constantly throwing curve balls at the audience early on, establishing and buying Bateman's character a ton of credit. This is a man who is on a mission and will not let anything or anyone get in his way of achieving his goal. Throw in for good measure a small but important role to Theo Rossi, who's credited as watcher, Bateman's trusty handyman who is also at the airport to ensure the plan goes off without a hitch. I won't say this is as good as DIE HARD but does seem reminiscent to it in a sort of homage sort of way and at least in my house hold, this just became a holiday classic! 7.5/10