Midnight Run

Midnight Run

Director Martin Brest rocketed to the top of Hollywood's A list with the blockbuster success of Beverly Hills Cop, and this 1988 follow-up is even better. Midnight Run is a genuine rarity--an action comedy that's dramatically satisfying--thanks to a sharp script by George Gallo, the superb teaming of Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, and Brest's consummate skill in combining suspense and humor with well-developed characters. De Niro plays a maverick bounty hunter whose latest assignment is Grodin, an accountant accused of embezzling from the Mob. De Niro thinks he's in for an easy job, transporting Grodin (who's afraid to fly) from New York to Los Angeles, but soon discovers that both the FBI and the Mafia are hot on Grodin's trail. Equal parts road trip, action thriller, and a quirky character study, Midnight Run moves at a breakneck pace but still gives De Niro and Grodin time to create rich, memorable performances as two men who seem to be opposites, but gradually develop mutual respect and admiration. Mainstream entertainment at its best. --Jeff Shannon

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Martin Brest
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
  Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
R (Restricted)
Year:
1988
127
13,446 Views
A tough bounty hunter. A sensitive criminal.
Robert De Niro has to get the FBI off his case, the mob off his trail, and Charles Grodin off his back!
This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Taking The Midnight Run Is A Hell Of A Way To Make A Living
Monday... Escape with their lives from New York... Tuesday... Impersonate F.B.I. agents in Chicago... Wednesday... Steal plane in New Mexico... Thursday... Almost kill each other by accident... Friday... Almost kill each other on purpose...
Charles Grodin embezzled 15 million dollars. The mob wants him dead. The F.B.I. wants him alive. Robert De Niro just wants him to shut up.

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