Runaway (1984)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 9
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 3
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Best-selling author Michael Crichton wrote and directed this science fiction thriller that combined the influences of Blade Runner (1982), comic books, and Crichton's ongoing fascination with the dangers of high technology. Tom Selleck stars as Sergeant Jack Ramsey, a single father in the near future, when robots have largely replaced humans in performing menial labor. However, the robots occasionally malfunction, threatening human life and requiring a specialist like Jack, who terminates the
Dec 14, 1984 Wide
Aug 22, 2000
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Tom Selleck
Ramsay -
Cynthia Rhodes
Thompson -
Gene Simmons
Luther -
Kirstie Alley
Jackie -
Stan Shaw
Marvin -
Joey Cramer
Bobby -
G.W. Bailey
Chief -
Chris Mulkey
Johnson -
Paul Batten
Harry -
Natino Bellantoni
Headwaiter -
Lloyd Berry
Passenger -
Michael Paul Chan
Wilson -
Babs Chula
Construction Worker -
Jackson Davies
Inspector -
Todd Duckworth
Paramedic -
Deborah Fallender
Alley Voice #4 -
David Longworth
Man -
Ann-Marie Martin
Hooker at Bar -
David McCharen
Police Voice #4 -
Elizabeth Norment
Miss Shields -
Murray Ord
Cop #3 -
Betty Phillips
Linda -
Andrew Rhodes
Cameraman -
Marilyn Schreffler
Lois -
Cec Verrell
Hooker -
Steven Wright
Pilot -
Hank Hooker
Farm Voice #3 -
Stephen E. Miller
Rudy -
Bob Metcalfe
Tracer -
Rodney Gage
Cop -
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Frank Serio
Cop -
Stephen Thorne
Tommy -
Barbara Iley
Police Voice #1 -
Moira Walley
Jogger
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All Critics (17) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (9) | DVD (5)
This Michael Crichton robotic nightmare is so trite that the story seems lifted from Marvel Comics.
Once it turns from the hardware and the action to people, you can hardly believe your eyes or your ears.
Top CriticMr. Crichton has a much better feel for the film's gadgets than for its human players.
Selleck provides a thoughtful performance, coming across as a real, feeling person instead of the expected Rambo-esque tough-guy stereotype.
Lady-cop-robo-fun. Nothing really profound here but who cares?
A nifty futuristic thriller which effectively casts rock-star Gene Simmons as a very bad guy who just oozes evil. A fun flick.
Sci-Fi fun with the always solid Selleck
Takes itself way too seriously.
Fun sci-fi romp, with an absolutely classic turn by Gene Simmons as the villain. Coulda done without the extended make-out scene over the end credits.
It's rubbish, frankly, but rubbish in the nicest, most entertaining way possible.
A weak s-f offering.
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Written by Michael Crichton and using some (at the time) top looking robot effects mixed with computer wizardry and fancy looking imagery the film actually does achieve the aim of being set in a regular world now accompanied by robots with all kinds of duties. It reads like an Asimov story and is quite good fun despite its age, the acting is amusing and hammy, Gene Simmons is great fun as the evil baddie and the weaponry on display is quaint, its almost like a comicbook flick.
Its actually kinda cool to watch this film and recall all this old technology, I think I actually remember those little spider robots being shown on TV way back, maybe on 'Tomorrows World' or something like that, loving those big chunky computers and the fact that Selleck couldn't track evil Simmons when he called up because Simmons was using a mobile phone haha how did we all survive without mobile phones!?
Its all obsolete but its still much fun to watch which almost goes for most of Selleck's work.