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Director:
James Becket
Writer:
James Becket (writer)
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Genre:
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Tagline:
Sometimes you have to take the law into your own hands. more
Plot:
Hired to rescue escaped inmates, a Florida man is framed for a Cuban gangster's assassination. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gary Busey ... Plato Smith

Roy Scheider ... Alexander Senarkian

Steven Bauer ... Sam
Jeff Speakman ... Dominick
Tiani Warden ... Marta
Maggie Myatt ... Kathy
Horacio Le Don ... Felix
Doug DeLuca ... Buddy
Deborah Magdalena ... Constancia

Melanie Chartoff ... Stephanie
Salvador Levy ... Gomez

Marc Macaulay ... Baker

Julie Upton ... Julie
Chris Hinton ... Cueball
Mario Ernesto Sánchez ... Flaco
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and brief language.
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Germany:16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA more
Company:
Minefield Productions Inc. more

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Soundtrack:
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The rundown on Plato..., 12 April 2007
5/10
Author: Frank Markland from United States

Gary Busey,Steven Bauer and Jeff Speakman star as three mercenaries who become entangled into a complicated assassination attempt that is set up by Roy Scheider, so after Scheider kidnaps Busey's daughter it's one man army time. Gary Busey is back in his Bulletproof type days as Busey is the lead action star and does shoots all kinds of people in this mediocre potboiler. Plato's Run is pretty much what you would expect from the cast, which is that it's dumb, has lots of action, bad acting and Busey running around looking drunk. There always was something about the presence of Gary Busey that made him a cultural icon, or at least an icon in the B.movie world and for fans of Gary, Plato's Run offers up guilty pleasure not seen since Bulletproof and we all know that with the puffy Busey, puffy Speakman and the still slender Bauer that this is a personification of what a B.movie throwaway is. If anything else it's worth it just to see Busey and Bauer try and escape a landmine trap as a cackling over the top Scheider lies the ham on thick.

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