Running Scared

  • 2006


MOVIE IS conscientious effective serious unrelenting illogical
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60 %
41 % Rotten
$ 9 Million
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Positive Reviews 15
Negative reviews 27
Average Rating 2.2/5
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1.0
Its not even fun watching the monsters get their just deserts; its just depressing. Austin Chronicle
2.0
With audiences jaded by the usual sex and splatter, do the filmmakers have no qualms about juicing up proceedings with edgy but troubling material whi .. Time Out
3.8
Its not even about making cinema.Its just about the agony and the ecstasy. Rogerebert
1.5
Weirdly enough, there might have been a good dark comedy buried somewhere in there, but Kramers playing this as a heavy chase, catch, and escape thril .. Cinema Blend
3.5
I dont remember the last time that a movie went all out on violence in this vein, but if films like TRUE ROMANCE and DOMINO are your sort of party fav .. JoBlo
0.0
Characters act with no sense of moral consequence and worst of all children are the targets of overt violence. Combust Ible Celluloid
1.9
The movie doesnt so much wallow in the abhorrent side of humanity as it showers, bathes, and dresses in it before heading off to work at MTV. Mark Reviews Movies
1.9
A potential howler done in by a tendency to wear too much body tissue on its sleeve. Usa Today
3.5
The film is consistently intense, never dull, yet rarely what youd call exciting..There are times when it appears to have lost its way in the woods of .. Eric Ds Nider
2.0
All of this perfectly matches the scripts whizzy trickery, although it also exposes the storys flaws. Shadows On The Wall
2.0
The plot is genuinely gripping and Kramer keeps things moving at a breakneck pace so youre never actually bored. View London
1.5
So much for showing the consequences of mayhem.If the usual schlockmeisters had made this film it would not occasion much more than the usual alarm. Cs Monitor
1.0
Running Scared is generic pulp with some serious plot holes and more crane shots than any film needs.Make it to the ending, and youll wonder how a sto .. Film Journal
1.3
Once in a while, Ill sit in the dark of a movie theater rapt with awe. Boston
4.0
Wildly stylized and endlessly inventive, Running Scared doesnt go over the top it blows the top off and proceeds to dance in the rubble. Mountain X
1.3
President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to change his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsels investigatio .. Star Tribune
3.5
Kramer knows this is an action flick and he never pretends its anything else. Reel Talk Reviews
2.0
On the contrary, concentrating on style instead of substance usually interferes with my enjoyment of movies like this. Reel Talk Reviews
1.8
Writer director Wayne Kramer (The Cooler) is the latest outsider to prove theres no blockbuster cliche independent filmmakers dont covet.Marinara acce .. Ew
3.0
This ultra violent thriller from The Coolers writer director Wayne Kramer is filthy fun, with more wrinkles than a cheap suit and a climax like a Spag .. Empire
1.5
Because while this movie sucks in a really serious way and may be more like an old school exploitation film than anything else that will probably come .. Movies
5.0
Its the kind of film not usually held in high esteem by critics unless its played for irony or comes from Asia but its not easy to make, or everyone w .. Sf Gate
1.0
Basically, if you can get past the gut reaction of nausea and outrage, Running Scared makes for pretty effective comedy. Bbc
1.0
Everything feels begged, borrowed and stolen from other better movies, from Quentin Tarantinos exclamation point violence to the slo mo bullet traject .. Washington Post
2.5
A crime thriller more violent and unrelenting and gruesome than the average R rated slasher flick, the film wallows for almost two full hours in a ces .. The Movie Boy
3.0
Its full of illogical twists and its despairingly predictable, but despite all this the film remains endearing in a way. Bullz-Eye
3.5
If you dont, its a hoot.Except for a very bad and unnecessary final coda, Kramers film covers about 20 hours in the life of a low level mob man and hi .. Reeling Reviews
1.5
I thought wed reached a new low in pandering to the audience with Final Destination 3, but I was wrong.Kramer has discovered a new apogee of awfulness .. Flickfilosopher
3.8
The result is a picture that retains coherence to go along with its pile driver intensity. ReelViews
2.5
Its effective but the problem is while Kramer bombards the audience with one Grimm situation after anotherfrom pedophiles to crazed pimps to ear bitin .. Hollywood
1.5
The script is sufficiently littered with vulgarity so the actors have no problem knowing what words to stress in their hysterically delivered line rea .. Seattle Pi
0.0
What this movie needed was some humor.What this movie needed was some humanity. Tony Medley
1.9
We asked for the top 100 OHIP billers and the Star has won at the Court of Appeal In another chapter of a four year legal battle that began with a Sta .. The Star
1.3
You could laugh off the films more over the top aspects including the performances and its quasi Quentin Tarantino dialogue if it didnt treat women an .. Deseret News
3.1
I hope he continues to work with good directors and perform at this level. Waffle Movies
3.5
Running Scared Synopsis After a drug deal goes wrong and some dirty cops end up dead, lowlevel mobster Joey (Paul Walker) has to dispose of the guns f .. Movie Web
1.9
Thats not to say the film lacks visceral impact or guilty pleasure appeal. Chron
2.0
No one in their right minds could call this a good film, but its certainly unique. Film Guardian
0.5
Director Wayne Kramer has fashioned a disaster of jaw dropping proportions, marrying a cartoonishly hyperaggressive technique to a story that is equal .. Flip Side Archive
1.3
Running Scared is about as hard an R rating as you can get, with buckets of blood, full frontal nudity and swearing that would peel gum from the sidew .. Denver Post
3.5
Game of Thrones: Sounds Like the Iron Bank Wont Be in the Final Season IGN News The representative of the Iron Bank, Tycho Nestoris played by Mark Gat .. Film Force Ign
1.3
But surely there are better things for a person his age to be doing and better things for people of any age to be watching. Seattle Times
3.1
For a moment, it appears as if Running Scared has developed into a different, better movie. But subsequent gratuitously violent scenes hint at a deter .. Sac Ticket
3.8
What was impressive was his narrative in other words, the substance.The premise is great. Lj World



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