Midnight Run (Brest, 1988): Prince Charles Cinema, 11,45am
Time Out review:
That old formula, handcuffed captor and captive who become buddies on
the run, gets an injection of new life from the playing of the cast.
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) captures bail-jumping accountant Jon
Mardukas (Charles Grodin) in New York, but his problems really start when he
tries to deliver him to the bail bondsman in LA. Mardukas, learning that
his employer was a Mafia mobster, stole millions which he distributed
among the poor, and Walsh has to run the gauntlet of the FBI, the Mob
and a rival bounty hunter (Ashton), besides putting up with his
captive's concern about smoking and morality. Both actors get off on
each other, improvising routines and inhabiting the standard Odd Couple
teaming so interestingly that at times the film touches a profundity.
Here and there, director Brest succumbs to the car chase, but overall
the movie is way above average for the genre.
Brian Case
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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