Runaway
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Movie Reviews of Runaway
Movie Review: Great 80's movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Come on! Gene and Magnum in the same movie! That screems cult classic. It's a fun movie.Movie Review: The Runaway is a great action movie pretty cool.
Summary: 5 Stars
I would like to see a part 2 with the Runaway it was pretty cool.
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Movie Review: Not bad, although a spartan DVD release...
Summary: 4 Stars
Featuring both the original Panavision version in 16:9 anamorphic and a pan&scan version for those who don't know why there must be black bars on a widescreen frame. Also features Dolby Digital 4.0 and Dolby Digital 2.0 sound in English, and monophonic soundtrack in Spanish. Includes English, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai subtitles. Special feature worth mentioning is only the original preview. (The preview is actually more interesting than the movie!) The disc is single layer, double sided. One side in widescreen and the other in full screen Pan&Scan. Disc replicated by Sony DADC USA. Authored by Sony DVD Centre.The movie isn't as bad as a lot of people coin it to be. (After seeing real garbage like "Space Mutiny", it's hard to call a bad Hollywood movie "bad".) As for the music, I love the score, which was composed and performed by the master of film music, Jerry Goldsmith. (Although I can understand why some people may not like it, it does sound eighties as they were performed on Yamaha digital keyboards. Appropriate, though, given the "technical" atmosphere the film attempts to portray. The score was electronic to help better portray this intent.) <
Movie Review: Consistent mid-80s sci-fi with a great score.
Summary: 4 Stars
"Runaway"This is the archetypal "average" movie. Whilst not expertly handled by director Crichton (yes, Michael Crichton), Runaway at least succeeds in being reasonably interesting and very watchable. It's one of those movies that succeeds in being very enjoyable without actually being that good; there is something very comfortable about the tone of the whole film. Whilst most of the set-pieces could have been more tightly edited and paced, there is an undeniable consistency in the visuals throughout. And note has to be made of Gene Simmons (yes, from Kiss), who makes a convincing bad guy, and the subtle but workable chemistry between Tom Selleck and the glammed-down Cynthia Rhodes.
The film boasts an impressive electronic score by the legendary Jerry Goldsmith, done in the same year as his beautiful work on Ridley Scott's Legend, at which time Goldsmith was in the process of moving over to synthesizers. The closing theme, which plays out as Selleck and Rhodes kiss under showers of sparks, is exhiliarating.
The DVD is unremarkable, with a fairly good transfer and sound if nothing in the way of extras (unless you're still counting trailers).
Movie Review: A Fine Movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I saw this at the theater and several times after and have enjoyed it each time. The plot is good, the action is done well. The performances are really good with Tom Selleck as a guy nice as you could get and Gene Simmons as bad as it gets. Simmons' icy stare is perfect for his character. The only weakness I found with the movie as a whole was the young man playing Selleck's son in the movie. Not that he was a terrible actor, but I don't think he was the best for the role. As father/son, they just didn't mesh well, to me. Also, check out the minor cast players and you will see some future stars and even a future academy award winner in very small role.
The movie is set close enough to our time to feel futuristic even to today, but not so far that we can't relate to anything in the movie.
As for the plot, it isn't much we haven't seen before, that's true, but it's done with originality. The movie difinitely doesn't rely on special effects to carry the story.
I recommend this movie without reservation for a fun friday evening.