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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767828154
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767828151
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 22, 2000
Running Time: 99 minutes
Sales Rank: 8302
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 14, 1984
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Future cop tom selleck battles gene simmons an evil scientist whos unleashed a torrent of killer robots upon an unsuspecting city. Special features: theatrical trailers talent files scene selections interactive menus subtitles in english spanish portuguese chinese korean and thai and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: Tom Selleck Gene Simmons Run time: 100 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Michael Crichton
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Rating:  - Magnum P.I. 2010 (Cue The Synth Music Please.....)
I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid all those years ago, and it's future is pretty much as I remember. Do ya love films made in the past predicting what the future would be like....and getting it so wrong and dated in the process? Wow, then Runaway is for you. Best put, the world's now serviced by robots, not really smart human-like robots but more of the HAL/Doctor Who's Daleks kind. Tom Selleck's a cyber-policeman who you basically call when your robot starts acting crazy, and Gene Simmons (yes, that tongue-enhanced KISS demon who took off his make-up only one year prior) as a madman computer programmer who wants to turn The Jetsons Rosie into his own version of Blade Runner's Replicants. In fact, think of this film as a product of the popularity of 1982's Blade Runner, except much, much worse on every level. Add in a couple of assassin mini-spider robots filled with acid and a very young Kirstie Alley in a strip-search scene (?!!?), and pretty much that's Runaway. Selleck is like "Magnum P.I. 2010" here, so don't expect much of an acting stretch from him on this one. I guess the most surprising aspect of the film is that it's not only written by, but directed as well by Michael "Jurassic Park" Crichton, and does remind you of one of his earlier than this works in Westworld, just very 80's instead of 70's. Dated, corny, and should be seen by anyone who loves the inaccurate future films just once, Runaway could become one of your newest guilty pleasures on DVD.
(RedSabbath Rating:7.0/10)
Rating:  - not truly great, but very entertaining
There are entertaining movies that aren't great, and great movies that aren't entertaining. If I had to choose one, I'd choose entertaining. That's what this movie delivers. If you're reading the reviews, you know the characters and the story. If you like science fiction with characters you can care about (or hate), a good story, some suspense, and creative technological features, you'll enjoy this film. It's far better than a lot of the garbage they're cooking up in CGI labs today!
Rating: - Runaway
I just watched Runaway and was impressed with the movie and would like to add I am not a science fiction movie person, but my husband is. Gene Simmons was in the movie so that is what caught my eye. For science fiction this was very believable film. I am purchasing this movie for my husband and he will get a kick out of that since I refuse to watch any other Sci-Fi.
Rating: - Great Popcorn Fun
I suppose if you read all my reviews, you may be inclined to think I rate everything five stars. That's not really so, I'm just inclined to rate what I enjoy the most. I've seen thousands of movies in my lifetime, everything from "Manos, hand of Fate" to "Gone with the Wind" and "Dr. Zhivago." Yes, five here, too for Runaway. Runaway is no GWTW or DZ, but it's a good, very well casted little movie. What better a villain to have than to be portrayed by Gene "KISS - demon" Simmons is there? He got into his part with relish. You can tell he enjoyed playing his role. Tom Selleck is a strong selling point with my wife. Cynthia Gibb is cute as a button and had no trouble invoking sympathy when she got that explosive bullet lodged in her arm. Did you realize how big that thing was, probably about a .60-caliber? Kirsty Ally was great, too. What a waste - oops, did I just give something away? I tend to be mean like that. The plot was pure sci-fi, and the episodes with the robots were downright funny, and rather wicked on occasion. That cute police woman with big glasses who got iced by a spider-bot in the men's room made me eager to see Simmons' character get his. Things kept going at a good pace most of the time. I have to admit my blood sugar rose during the scenes with Ramsey's son. A bit syrupy there, but oh, well, chase scenes and the conflict on the exterior elevator toward the end pushed the cutesy stuff out of the way like a Mack truck in a parking lot full of VW bugs. I have a fear ... Read More
Rating: - That wasn't very nice Ramsey!!!!
Sci-fi, thriller, and action fanactics will love this 80's flick. Tom Sellick (Magnum P.I, Three Men and a Baby, Three Men and A Little Lady) was a good actor. He appears cocky at times but he certainly was a good fit for Michael Crichton's (E.R.) flick. Gene Simmons, (Family Jewels, the Lord of Rock, and member of Kiss) was great as the bad guy Dr. Luther who creates "spawns of satan" robots. These robots will kill! Gene has such an evil look and a stare that will frighten anyone. Kirstie Alley (Cheers, Look Who's Talking) plays Dr. Luther's girlfriend and a mule for his templates to turn robots evil. The movie is also starring Stan Shaw (Tough Enough and The Monster Squad) as a fellow police officer in the robotics division, Cynthia Rhodes (Penny from Dirty Dancing) as Sgt. Ramsay's partner, and G.W. Bailey as Sellick's Sgt. Ramsay's captain in the police force where he is in charge of robotics (runaway robots). G.W. Bailey as in Lt. Harris of Police Academy 1 and 4-6. A side note: If you saw Gene Simmons's Family Jewels you'll see that his mother has one of the robot spiders from this movie on display in her house with what she describes as the dedication room for Gene and his girlfriend and mother of his children Shannon Tweed (Gene refuses to get married but they've been together for more than 2 decades).
This Sci-fi thriller takes place in the not to distant future where most homes have robots as maids, doing chores, or working on farms. Sgt. Ramsey gets calls about "runaway robots" since he ... Read More
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