Run (1991)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Geoff Burrowes

Writers (WGA):

Dennis Shryack (written by) &
Michael Blodgett (written by)

Release Date:

1 February 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

Pursued by the mob, Hunted by the police...Luck was his only weapon, And she his only hope.

Plot:

When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.

Plot Keywords:

Porsche | Police | Poker | Law Student | On The Run

Cast

Patrick Dempsey	...	Charlie Farrow
Kelly Preston	...	Karen Landers
Ken Pogue	...	Matt Halloran
Alan C. Peterson	...	Denny Halloran
James Kidnie	...	Sammy
Sean McCann	...	Marv
Michael MacRae	...	O'Rourke
Tom McBeath	...	Smithy
Marc Strange	...	Chief Travers
Christopher Lawford	...	Martins
William S. Taylor	...	Halsey
Jerry Wasserman	...	Halloran's Lieutenant
Peter Williams	...	Cab Driver
Mina E. Mina	...	Garage Owner
Lochlyn Munro	...	College Buddy

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | USA:R | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia)

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

Kelly Preston replaced Tracy Pollan who bowed out during early filming.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Near the end a Vehicle knocks over a power line (with transformers) in the middle of the amusement park, with the power lines shorting and pulling loose. However the entire park still has full power.

Quotes:

Charlie Farrow: [Overhearing on the radio he's been blamed for Denny's death and his career in law is now over] Oh great, all i'm gonna be able to do is teach

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

IF YOU LEAN ON ME

Sorry, But I'm Not Going To Root For A Punk

I just felt way too much of a Class B-type feel to this film to be appealing. In other words, this wasn't a classy-looking or sounding film. The best thing it had going for itself was the beginning in which there was an incredible scene involving a super-obnoxious punk who was looking for trouble.

Unfortunately, this "punk" turned out to be Patrick Dempsey playing "Charlie Farrow," and he was the main star of the film. Dempsey was way too cocky and unlikeable for me to be a sympathetic good-guy character. I could not root for him. In real life, by the way, "Farrow") would have been thrown out of the gambling casino (or poker game, in this case) LONG before any trouble started.