We haven't even mentioned the hockey puck torture scene, or the relentless ricochetting camerawork, or the multiple last minute switcheroos -- it's got more endings than Lord Of The Rings.
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03/11/06
Running Scared (2006)
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Reviews Counted:126
Fresh:50
Rotten:76
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: This film runs with frenetic energy punctuated by gratuitous violence but sorely lacks in plot, character development and stylistic flair.
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Not the 1986 Billy Crystal-Gregory Himes buddy cop movie of the same name, 2006's RUNNING SCARED is writer/director Wayne Kramer's (THE COOLER) take on the violent gangster crime genre. Paul Walker... [More]
Starring: Chazz Palminteri, Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Ivana Milicevic
Director: Wayne Kramer
Reviews for Running Scared
Top CriticStylish, rollicking post-Tarantino trash which does the business at such a pace you barely notice its preposterousness.
04/01/06
Top CriticNo one in their right minds could call this a good film, but it's certainly unique.
03/11/06
Top CriticClumsily overwritten, straining badly to be a complex thriller but only generating small moments of believability.
03/01/06
With audiences jaded by the usual sex and splatter, do the filmmakers have no qualms about juicing up proceedings with edgy but troubling material which clearly needs more conscientious handling? Apparently not.
06/24/06
Top CriticIf you've ever wanted to see Paul Walker get repeatedly smashed in the teeth with a hockey puck then this is the movie for you.
03/11/06
An unapologetic in-your-face thriller that's sure to take those who are expecting a typical Paul Walker movie by surprise.
02/17/06
Those of you hoping for a remake of the delightful Billy Crystal/Gregory Hines buddy comedy are in for something very different with this Running Scared. Ultra-violent and hardcore, it's a worthwhile ride even though it doesn't all work.
02/23/06
If Running Scared is supposed to be a satire, it's not funny enough to work. If it's meant to be taken seriously, then it's the most unintentionally funny movie of the past ten years.
03/01/06
It's like a gruesome merry-go-round filled with unpleasant characters and bad acting.
02/23/06
Presumably patterned after Robert Rodriguez's Sin City, but substantially more graphic, there is surely an audience for this empty brutality, but you would not want to know anyone to whom this picture appeals.
03/11/06
Trying for a Tarantino-like riff on ultra-violence and over-the-top police corruption ... 'Running Scared' is a film noir on steroids.
03/09/06
The film's moral compass swings wildly out of control, blanketed in all manner of hyper-violent digital gore effects and a thick, black nausea of the soul. It's not even fun watching the monsters get their just deserts; it's just depressing.
03/11/06
It says something when the most sympathetic character is a kid who shoots his dad with a stolen pistol.
02/28/06
More like 'Running with Scissors.' A terrible, awful, hilarious misfire. Folks, a new camp classic is born.
02/25/06
A film with ADD.
02/25/06
A depressing piece of gun-crazy Hollywood scuzz that, with its gassy style and runaway immorality, makes a Tony Scott movie look like a Robert Bresson picture.
02/24/06
Run away ... Just when you think Hollywood can't get any worse in an era of Bad Boys and Scream, it constantly surprises you with even more putrid product.
03/03/06
Running Scared will probably play best in prisons, where lowlifes, applauding the heroic amounts of foul language and blood, will be heartened to know that society has finally stooped to their level.
02/24/06
Even though Running Scared doesn't quite nail it, it does hit the target for absurdist originality and pure cinematic delirium.
02/22/06
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