Wordiezett So much average

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

lbaldwinsmith2003 "RUN" I thought the movie was a truly tense and a brutal experience. I enjoyed it considerably. The tension in the movie was built up amazingly well! Thanks to the director Geoff Burrowes, the lead role: Patrick Dempsey (Charlie Farrow) and Kelly Preston (Karen Landers). I also enjoyed it because the cast were extremely true and believable. They connected with the audience making them grit their teeth in hatred for the corrupt police and the Halloran family. The only thing I would criticize about the film is that parts of it were tongue and cheek for instance the beginning when his friends say "You Are!" all at the same time. Little things like that lowered my opinion slightly.In Conclusion, I thought "Run" was a very good film despite it's age and i strongly recommend you rent or even buy the DVD if you haven't already seen it!!! I gave it a 7 out of 10

lemon_magic "Run" is one of those underrated gems that you hope to find when you take a chance and rent (or watch) a movie that you know very little about. I first rented this in 1991 when it came out on VHS and found it extremely entertaining...when the Mystery channel showed it again a while back, I made a point of catching it, and was pleased to note how well it holds up. This is the kind of movie where the performances are 'fat free' and underplayed and effective, where the stunts and action pieces are inventive and inspired without drawing too much attention to themselves, where the writing is economical and streamlined. Admittedly, "Run" is definite "B" caliber, with a pretty shallow plot and cardboard characters, but within its parameters (action/crime thriller with Hitchcokian elements) it does a wonderful job. Patrick Dempsey is a completely believable 'everyman', a skinny nerdish type who shows up at the wrong place at the wrong time and gets into a heap of trouble. With corrupt cops and angry hoodlums chasing him, he has no choice but to try to get out of a town that the Mafia seems to own from City Hall on down. The screenplay is tightly plotted, with the screws being turned tighter and tighter on poor Dempsey with each new development, and his character's only advantage is that he is, well, extremely slippery. Casting a skinny "geek" like Dempsey in this role was an inspired stroke . Dempsey is no one's idea of a typical 'action hero' and so he doesn't act like one...as a result his characters reactions are extremely credible. He can't do an "Ah-nold" or shoot things out like Dirty Harry - all he can do is squirm and wriggle and dodge his way out of tighter and tighter situations. And boy, does he (or his stunt doubles) wriggle. Action scenes and stunts in this movie are thus keyed to evasion,deception and Desperation. Our 'hero' slithers down stadium stairs and slides headfirst down bowling alleys and hurdles steeplejack style over and under obstacles and in general just runs like a rabbit from danger. Even at the climax, when he's finally been caught and subdued and is about to be thrown off a rooftop, he squirms so hard and frenziedly that the two hoodlums that were meant to toss him off end up losing their balance and falling in his place! "Run" is very enjoyable for what it is, and can be enjoyed by any fan of films like "The Man Who Knew Too Much". After a long slump, Dempsey eventually went on to great success on television (most recently in "Grey's Anatomy") and went from a skinny geek to something of a "hunk"...that cheers me immensely...there may be hope for us all.

isenberg-e OK, it isn't Lawrence of Arabia, but this film is a fun chase movie that pits a college kid against the combined might of a small community crime figure and many of his paid-off local cops. The ways Patrick Dempsey, the hero, succeeds is a far cry from the super-competent methods of previous and more formulaic eras. There is just the right mixture of humor and suspense that makes one enjoy this film in spite of knowing that it isn't exactly high-brow entertainment.

twiglet-2 Yes, I must admit I did stay up till 2:30 to see the conclusion of this film. On the whole it was a good experience, it was fast paced and well acted. On the other hand certain parts were laughably improbable. For example, can someone explain how a law student with no prior convictions can so break into and hot wire so many cars with so little effort. He also learns how to fire an Uzi remarkably quickly. High points of the film include the fairground scene where they destroy half the attractions. I was a little disappointed that the love interest sideplot fizzled out so quickly. Not a bad film at all, to be honest.