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The Getaway

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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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Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

so-so but serviceable remake of the Steve Mcqueen classic, with a fairly exciting shoot-em-up at the end.

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Brian Mckay
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Caryn James
Caryn James
New York Times

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.

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Chuck O'Leary
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Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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A pale imitation of the 1970s classic!

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Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Only fair remake of the classic.

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