Rent Midnight Run (1988)
3.8 of 5 from 175 ratings
2h 1min
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- Synopsis:
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. - Actors:
- Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Foronjy, Robert Miranda, Jack Kehoe, Wendy Phillips, Danielle DuClos, Philip Baker Hall, Tom McCleister, Mary Gillis, John Toles-Bey, Thomas J. Hageboeck, Stanley White, Scott McAfee, Linda Cerasuolo, Lois Smith
- Directors:
- Martin Brest
- Writers:
- George Gallo
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Action & Adventure, Best Film Quests and Adventures, Films & TV by topic, Films by Genre, Films to Watch if You Like Toy Story, The Best American Road Movies, The Best Tough Guys Films, Top 10 Films About Trains: Thrillers, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/04/2015
- Run Time:
- 126 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.77:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- We Got the Duke - Interview With Charles Grodin
- Moscone Bail Bonds - Interview With Joe Pantoliano
- Hey Marvin! - Interview With John Ahston
- Midnight Writer - Interview With Screenwriter George Gallo
- I'm Mosely! - Audio Interview With Yaphet Kotto
- Original Making Midnight Run promo
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Reviews (2) of Midnight Run
Serious slapstick - very funny and uplifting film - Midnight Run review by CP Customer
What a gem of a film - excellent, irreverent and seriously funny good guys and bad guys film. De Nero and Grodin are perfect partnership in this film which walks the line expertly of comedy and moments of pathos. Full of other great characters though, where everybody is trying to screw over the other guy.
Can't believe I never saw this one before.
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Brilliant Comedy Crime Thriller - Midnight Run review by GI
Midnight Run is a superbly entertaining adult crime comedy/thriller from director Martin Brest who was very lucky to get Robert De Niro who was looking for something a bit lighter after The Untouchables (1987). Even more great casting came when Brest cast Charles Grodin after objections from the studio who actually wanted the character changed to a woman and for Cher to take the role. Brest refused and he was right because the screen buddy chemistry between De Niro and Grodin makes this film so wonderful. De Niro is Jack, an ex Chicago cop now working in LA as a lowly bounty hunter tracking down bail jumpers for a seedy bail bondsman. He lost his job, his wife and family when he refused to take corrupt payments from a big time mobster and now he dreams of getting out of the grubby world he now works in. So when he's offered a $100 grand to bring in Jonathan (Grodin), a humble accountant wanted for embezzlement of mob funds, he sees his way out. Jack soon tracks him down to New York and he has 5 days to get him back to LA, hunted by the FBI (a brilliantly sinister and funny Yaphet Kotto) and the mob (in the form of Dennis Farina) and with Jonathan turning out to be far cleverer than Jack anticipated, they have to go on a long road trip. The journey proves very adventurous. This is an absolutely great little film and I highly recommend it. And it's really good to see De Niro clearly having fun away from playing nasty gangsters!
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