Midnight Run
Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) is a tough ex-cop turned bounty hunter. Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin) is a sensitive accountant who embezzled $15 million from the Mob, gave it to charity and then jumped bail. Jack's in for a cool $100,000 if he can deliver The Duke from New York to L.A. on time. And alive. Sounds like just another Midnight Run (a piece of cake in bounty hunter slang), but it turns into a cross-country chase. The FBI is after The Duke to testify-the Mob is after him for revenge-and Walsh is after him to just shut up. If someone else doesn't do the job, the two unlikely partners may end up killing each other in this hilarious, action-filled blockbuster from producer-director Martin Brest (Beverly Hills Cop).
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Never underestimate phobia ;P - imagination201
The actors can't be anything but great, as usual, but what I liked the most in this movie was the brilliant reason why flying from New York to LA would become impossible ;P It was completely convincing, and it put DeNiro is such unplanned situations that the ending was all that more satisfying for both the characters and the viewers.
It was a good run!Elevated by talent - ABC99
I'm not sure the materials in Midnight Run is particularly interesting or funny. But it is so well performed by all the actors involved that it becomes a great comedy. Not just De Niro and Groden, who are great, but the whole cast from Joe Pantialiano to Dennis Farina score consistent laughs delivering their lines, Lines that if I were to repeat wouldn't be that funny.
Regardless of why...this is one of the great comedies of the 80s.A Great Trans-Am Adventure - Mr_Humidty
This film is one of those great, memorable chase films that takes you all over the country. Of course, it's about more than just that. It's about the characters, played memorably by Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin. There's also quite a bit of humor in the film.
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Never underestimate phobia ;P - imagination201
The actors can't be anything but great, as usual, but what I liked the most in this movie was the brilliant reason why flying from New York to LA would become impossible ;P It was completely convincing, and it put DeNiro is such unplanned situations that the ...Elevated by talent - ABC99
I'm not sure the materials in Midnight Run is particularly interesting or funny. But it is so well performed by all the actors involved that it becomes a great comedy. Not just De Niro and Groden, who are great, but the whole cast from Joe Pantialiano to ...A Great Trans-Am Adventure - Mr_Humidty
This film is one of those great, memorable chase films that takes you all over the country. Of course, it's about more than just that. It's about the characters, played memorably by Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin. There's also quite a bit of humor in ...