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Running Scared (2006)
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Reviews Counted:126
Fresh:50
Rotten:76
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: This film runs with frenetic energy punctuated by gratuitous violence but sorely lacks in plot, character development and stylistic flair.
Theatrical Release:Feb 24, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $6,651,790
Synopsis: Not the 1986 Billy Crystal-Gregory Himes buddy cop movie of the same name, 2006's RUNNING SCARED is writer/director Wayne Kramer's (THE COOLER) take on the violent gangster crime genre. Paul Walker... [More]
Starring: Chazz Palminteri, Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Ivana Milicevic
Director: Wayne Kramer
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Reviews for Running Scared
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Wayne Kramer's latest film is a hard-hitting, visceral, over-the-top extravaganza of blood and bullets that doesn't let up for one second. Full Review |
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The action throughout Running Scared is involving and fast-paced enough that you don't notice the number of cliches being invoked in this film. Full Review |
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Running Scared exists in that world of movies where there are no good guys - just bad guys, worse guys and worst guys. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A well-acted piece that should appeal to anyone who enjoys the films of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. Full Review |
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3/4 |
An example of a film I recommend just because it tickled my undercarriage. Full Review |
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With audiences jaded by the usual sex and splatter, do the filmmakers have no qualms about juicing up proceedings with edgy but troubling material which clearly needs more conscientious handling? Apparently not. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A montagem eficiente, com transições intrigantes, confere ritmo ao filme, que também se beneficia com a atuação surpreendentemente intensa de Walker. Pena que o roteiro seja tão implausível e o final, tão absurdamente ridículo.
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There's something films like this reflect in our nature... that we seem to delight in propped up monsters that give the protagonist an excuse to behave like one. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Stylish, rollicking post-Tarantino trash which does the business at such a pace you barely notice its preposterousness. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Ultimately, it is a serviceable, well-made thriller that earns its R rating. Full Review |
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2/5 |
No one in their right minds could call this a good film, but it's certainly unique. Full Review |
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Presumably patterned after Robert Rodriguez's Sin City, but substantially more graphic, there is surely an audience for this empty brutality, but you would not want to know anyone to whom this picture appeals. Full Review |
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This is a vile, violent film with no raison d’etre. Full Review |
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7/10 |
If you love over-stylized gunshots and action sequences, Running Scared is likely to be one big ol’ kinetic romp of bloody fun that’ll have you pulling out the Kleenex and appreciating all over the place. Full Review |
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1/5 |
The film's moral compass swings wildly out of control, blanketed in all manner of hyper-violent digital gore effects and a thick, black nausea of the soul. It's not even fun watching the monsters get their just deserts; it's just depressing. Full Review |
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2/5 |
If you've ever wanted to see Paul Walker get repeatedly smashed in the teeth with a hockey puck then this is the movie for you. Full Review |
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We haven't even mentioned the hockey puck torture scene, or the relentless ricochetting camerawork, or the multiple last minute switcheroos -- it's got more endings than Lord Of The Rings. Full Review |
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