Runaway

19841984
13+13+
1h 39m

5.9/10

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robo... Read allIn the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

5.9/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Runaway

Tom Selleck, Joey Cramer, and Cynthia Rhodes in Runaway (1984)

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Taglines
- IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.
Genres
Certificate
- 13+
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Trivia
An assistant director came up to Gene Simmons during the location filming and said that one of the off-duty Vancouver police doing crowd control had pointed at Simmons and said, "better get him outta there". Upon being assured by the assistant director that he was one of the actors, the cop continued, "I don't know . . . if I shook hands with him, I'd count all my fingers".

Goofs
Officer Thompson has a scene wherein she describes Luther to an officer, who creates a computerized image of him using a handheld device. Why bother when they already have his image recorded on the Johnson's door monitor?

Quotes
Ramsay: Congratulations, guys, you just staked out a roll of toilet paper.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Dune/Starman/Mass Appeal/Runaway (1984)

Top review

6/10

Gene Simmons is a great villain!

Gene Simmons just looks creepy, and I wish he'd play more villain roles. That being said, this movie was ok. Considering it's 1984, they predicted drones, roomba and self driving cars! A low budget but entertaining enough.

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