1993
R
Columbia Pictures
1 h 34 m

1993
R
Columbia Pictures
1 h 34 m

Summary Sam, an escaped convict, lands up on a farmland owned by a widow. When he learns that a ruthless contractor is trying to take over her land, he helps her to fight against the injustice.

Directed By: Robert Harmon

Written By: Joe Eszterhas, Richard Marquand, Leslie Bohem, Randy Feldman

1993
R
Columbia Pictures
1 h 34 m

1993
R
Columbia Pictures
1 h 34 m

Nowhere to Run

Name: Nowhere to Run
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Released: 1993-01-15
Duration: 1 min 34 s
Rating: 41
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Ted Levine, Tiffany Taubman

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings

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Summary Sam, an escaped convict, lands up on a farmland owned by a widow. When he learns that a ruthless contractor is trying to take over her land, he helps her to fight against the injustice.

Directed By: Robert Harmon

Written By: Joe Eszterhas, Richard Marquand, Leslie Bohem, Randy Feldman

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Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews

13% Positive
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San Francisco Chronicle

This is the picture the Belgian actor has been waiting for, the step up in class that has seemed inevitable since his breakthrough in ''Bloodsport'' six years ago. ''Nowhere to Run'' is not just a boy movie. Women can enjoy it, too, and Van Damme's boyish good looks and gentlemanly manner -- gentlemanly, except when he's smashing heads -- won't hurt. [16 Jan 1993, p.C3]

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In trying to do too much, Nowhere to Run succeeds at too little. Action fans will be disappointed by the amount of talk and the lack of fights. Drama lovers (few of whom will even bother with this movie in the first place) will have a hard time swallowing plot's artificiality. In the final analysis, despite not being a terminal bore, Nowhere to Run doesn't go anywhere worth following.

By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW

Time Out

When Van Damme is doing what he does best - narcissistically displaying his body and thumping the bad guys - the film works reasonably well. By contrast his attempts to lighten up and play quieter dramatic scenes offer an embarrassing array of boyish smiles, dumb looks and stilted dialogue.

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Washington Post

A shameless, uneventful rehash of the classic Western "Shane," "Nowhere to Run" miscasts Jean-Claude Van Damme in the old Alan Ladd role -- an outlaw outsider gradually drawn into both unexpected familial warmth and predictably violent conflict with a greedy land baron...While it boasts better supporting actors and technical credits than other Van Damme projects, the film nonetheless founders, a victim of its own lugubrious pace and misguided efforts at turning the bulging Belgian into a romantic lead.

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The Seattle Times

Nowhere to Run isn't the worst of its kind - it's just painfully uninspired. Perhaps that partially accounts for Van Damme's apparent disinterest. With one expression at his command, it's surprising that he actually musters three distinct acting styles: concrete, steel, and petrified wood. [15 Jan 1993, p.18]

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Variety

Action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme takes a career step backward in Nowhere to Run, a relentlessly corny and shamelessly derivative vehicle.

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Entertainment Weekly

The producers of Nowhere to Run simply toss out the mousetrap. They make the dismal mistake of turning Van Damme into a softy, a sensitive lunk who puts up his dukes only because he wants to help his new family. The former kickboxer would do well to remember that the most heartfelt performance he was put on this earth to give revolves around the tender sound of snapping limbs.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Columbia Pictures, Adelson-Baumgarten Productions

Release Date Jan 15, 1993

Duration 1 h 34 m

Rating R

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Tagline When the law can't protect the innocent, the only hero left is an outlaw.

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Jean-Claude Van Damme

Sam Gillen

Rosanna Arquette

Clydie Anderson

Kieran Culkin

Mike 'Mookie' Anderson

Ted Levine

Mr. Dunston

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Bree Anderson

Edward Blatchford

Sheriff Lonnie Cole

Anthony Starke

Billy

Joss Ackland

Franklin Hale

Allan Graf

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Leonard Termo

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Robert Apisa

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Jophery C. Brown

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Tony Brubaker

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Ron Howard George

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Vojislav Govedarica

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