Van Damme hits a high-note for once
Nowhere to Run (1993)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:5
Rotten:13
Average Rating:4.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A bus convoy of prisoners is in a highway accident, deliberately caused by the partner of one of the prisoners. The partner is shot fatally and the escaped convict ends up on the property of a... A bus convoy of prisoners is in a highway accident, deliberately caused by the partner of one of the prisoners. The partner is shot fatally and the escaped convict ends up on the property of a beautiful young widow who's being threatened into selling her land by a vicious wealthy developer. [More]
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kieran Culkin, Joss Ackland, Rosanna Arquette
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kieran Culkin, Joss Ackland, Rosanna Arquette, Ted Levine
Director: Robert Harmon
Director: Robert Harmon
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Reviews for Nowhere to Run
If you don't expect much (and the developer vs. land owner plot is ridiculous) you may be surprised at what's here.
When Van Damme is doing what he does best -- narcissistically displaying his body and thumping the bad guys -- the film works reasonably well.
All in all, it is a pretty good action film and it could be a breakthrough for Van Damme.
The best aspect of Nowhere to Run is some inventive camera work from director Robert Harmon. Too bad he didn't have a better script to work with.
Except for a few short bursts here and there, and one extended scene during the climax, the film is mostly talk. And since Van Damme's range as a dramatic actor is marginal at best, this is a problem.
While it boasts better supporting actors and technical credits than other Van Damme projects, the film nonetheless founders, a victim of its own lugubrious pace and misguided efforts at turning the bulging Belgian into a romantic lead.
This is the kind of movie that is so witlessly generic that the plot and title disappear into a mist of other recycled plots and interchangeable titles.
Several members of the Astor Plaza audience yesterday afternoon could not contain their merriment when, in the middle of the film, Mr. Van Damme's character identified himself as a lawyer.
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