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The Getaway (1994)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:7
Rotten:12
Average Rating:4.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A high-powered remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1972 version of the Jim Thompson crime novel. Bank robber Doc McCoy, is sprung from a Mexican jail, through the efforts of his wife Carol, for services to... A high-powered remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1972 version of the Jim Thompson crime novel. Bank robber Doc McCoy, is sprung from a Mexican jail, through the efforts of his wife Carol, for services to be rendered in a complicated heist. However, the job turns out be a double-cross, and the two are forced to keep one step ahead of a mobster's hired gun in order to make it across the border into Mexico for safety. [More]
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Jennifer Tilly, James Woods
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Jennifer Tilly, James Woods, Michael Madsen, Richard Farnsworth, Burton Gilliam, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Roger Donaldson
Director: Roger Donaldson
Producer: David Foster
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Reviews for The Getaway
A scene for scene remake that's still great fun. Odds are you won't be moved or enlightened, but you'll never be bored.
so-so but serviceable remake of the Steve Mcqueen classic, with a fairly exciting shoot-em-up at the end.
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