Majors told the audience that his script‑selection process is guided by a personal “chart” of gut feelings, adding that he looks for a role’s responsibility and the world it inhabits rather than the size of the part. He said, “When I read the script, I thought, ‘Wow, I don’t really have the answers to this…so this is something I should engage in in order to grow.’”
The film, directed by Kyle Rankin and released on September 16, is a Daily Wire production starring Majors as Clay Saunders, a retired Delta Force officer who delivers a line about Islam conquering the West through immigration, women’s wombs, and the nation’s freedoms. The dialogue has drawn sharp criticism for its extremist tone.
Critics have been uniformly negative. The Guardian called the movie “laughably terrible far‑right propaganda,” Variety labeled it “Islamophobic drivel,” MS Now described it as a “heavy‑handed partisan dud,” and Slate warned that the film places Majors at the center of a “Daily Wire movie about Israel‑Gaza campus protest.”
Majors, who earned Oscar buzz before a domestic‑violence case stalled his career, said the role offered him an opportunity to “grow as a person, as an artist, and have fun at work,” emphasizing the “great responsibility” he feels in portraying Saunders.
A Daily Wire spokesperson reported that the film is exceeding internal expectations, pulling in triple the number of Day‑1 subscriptions compared with the original “Run Hide Fight” and continuing to build momentum at a similar pace.
While the studio has not confirmed a sequel, speculation has already arisen about a possible follow‑up titled “Run Hide Fight: Oberlin Strikes Back.” For now, Majors’ participation signals his willingness to align with a project that many reviewers have condemned as extremist propaganda.