Running Scared
6,164
Thriller
For over a decade Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) has successfully juggled his conflicting roles as both loving family man and a low-level employee of the Italian Perello mob in Grimley, New Jersey. However, when Joey ignores the mob's explicit instructions to dispose of a gun used in the fatal shooting of a corrupt cop during a bungled drug buy, he unwittingly puts his entire family in immediate danger. Joey stows this incriminating piece ... [+]
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United States | The New York Observer | "An orgy of nihilistic violence that is curiously exhilarating, I am almost ashamed to say." | POS |
United Kingdom | The Guardian | "No one in their right minds could call this a good film, but it's certainly unique. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)" | NEG |
United States | Ebert & Roeper | "It's ugly and it's vile and it's disgusting and it's creepy" | NEG |
United States | Detroit News | "'Running Scared' may not be perfect, but it's got adrenaline, wild eyes and sleaze to spare." | POS |
United States | San Francisco Chronicle | "'Running Scared' is for people who like movies, who don't need to have a movie mean something in order to enjoy it and who can delight at the sheer craft of a story designed only to shock" | POS |
United States | Boston Globe | "[It] makes a Tony Scott movie look like a Robert Bresson picture." | NEG |
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