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Running Scared (1986)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:7
Rotten:8
Average Rating:4.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: After toiling through years of freezing winters, two undercover cops plan to leave Chicago and retire to a lush tropical island -- if they can only make it through their last month of service. But... After toiling through years of freezing winters, two undercover cops plan to leave Chicago and retire to a lush tropical island -- if they can only make it through their last month of service. But Ray and Danny may have trouble reaching their paradise. A ruthless Latino drug lord wants the wisecracking duo dead, and it sometimes seems that half the city is in on the hit. An apocalyptic shootout under the smooth glass exterior of the Illinois State Building ends the bloody conflict with an exclamation point. [More]
Starring: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel
Starring: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel, Joe Pantoliano, Dan Hedaya
Director: Peter Hyams
Director: Peter Hyams
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Reviews for Running Scared
You suspect you're in for a violent film when it opens with several balaclava-faced men in black bursting in on a group of thugs whose conversation is limited to constructions around the words ****** or whore. With "Running Scared " your suspicions would
Has all the logic and transitional ease of a Pokémon-style card game played by 5-year-olds who don't understand the rules, so they make up their own as they go.
Overblown, ultra-violent and frequently stupid, yet perversely entertaining with it
Despite strong performances and an intriguing idea, it's clumsily overwritten, straining badly to be a complex thriller.
A breezily entertaining buddy-cop movie with too much cutesy shtick for its own good. Gregory Hines is OK, but Billy Crystal is never believable as a Chicago cop.
The most appealing thing about this movie is the charisma and good humour delivered by the two leads.
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October 19, 2005:
Trailer Bulletin: Running Scared
No, it's not a remake of the goofy ol' Billy Crystal cop comedy. It's a new Paul Walker movie that looks exactly like an old Vin Diesel movie. Anyway, it's a New Line action... More...
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