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- 2015
- R
- Alchemy
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- R
- Alchemy
- 1 h 30 m
Summary In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit. [Alchemy]
Directed By: Austin Stark
Written By: Austin Stark
- 2015
- R
- Alchemy
- 1 h 30 m
- 2015
- R
- Alchemy
- 1 h 30 m
The Runner
39
4.8
Where to Watch
Summary In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit. [Alchemy]
Directed By: Austin Stark
Written By: Austin Stark
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
39
7% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
29% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
39
7% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
29% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
The Runner is a well-meaning character study with an admirably cynical ending, but it’s too cold to ever fully draw you in.
The Runner squanders at least one great performance (Fonda’s) and delivers a dispiritingly inert cinematic experience.
There’s no revenge, no murder, and no kidnapping. It’s a low-budget New Orleans Cage movie with some dignity. It would be a pleasure to report that The Runner is also good, but this slim if mildly compelling film lands somewhere between character sketch and morality tale.
The plodding film goes awfully heavy on script exposition and all too light on character depth, leaving Cage and company — including a smartly cast Peter Fonda as his been-there, done-that alcoholic dad — to come up with their own complexity.
The Runner doesn’t lack for drama, but the characters are so thinly and predictably drawn, and the movie’s supposed insights into the art of political compromise so banal, that nothing catches fire.
Writer-director Austin Stark’s film crams a lot into 90 minutes, leaving no room for grace notes, little time for the heart that this truncated story cries out for.
In The Runner, the latest Nicolas Cage film to roll off his one-man assembly line of shoddy cinema, the star looks almost as tired of acting as I am of watching his acting.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 User Ratings
4.8
15% Positive
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62% Mixed
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23% Negative
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3 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 User Ratings
4.8
15% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
62% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
23% Negative
3 Ratings
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Production Company
Paper Street Films,
Back Lot Pictures,
KGB Media
Release Date Aug 7, 2015
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Power always comes at a price
Awards
WorldFest Houston
• 1 Nomination
