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Runaway
Runaway

Runaway (1984)

55% User Rating
1h 40min
Science Fiction
Crime
Thriller
Drama

"IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all."

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

Michael CrichtonDirector

Cast

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Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck

Jack R. Ramsay

Cynthia Rhodes

Cynthia Rhodes

Officer Karen Thompson

Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons

Dr. Charles Luther

Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley

Jackie Rogers

Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw

Marvin

G.W. Bailey

G.W. Bailey

Chief

Joey Cramer

Joey Cramer

Bobby Ramsay

Chris Mulkey

Chris Mulkey

David Johnson

Anne-Marie Martin

Anne-Marie Martin

Hooker at Bar

Michael Paul Chan

Michael Paul Chan

Wilson

Elizabeth Norment

Elizabeth Norment

Miss Shields

Cec Verrell

Cec Verrell

Hooker

Babs Chula

Babs Chula

Construction Foreperson

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Carol Teesdale

Sally

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Natino Bellantoni

Headwaiter

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Judy Johns

Data Tech

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Andrew Rhodes

Cameraman

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Louise Johann

Waitress

Jackson Davies

Jackson Davies

Inspector

Paul Batten

Paul Batten

Harry

Reviews (1)

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GenerationofSwine
GenerationofSwine
Rating 100%

January 11, 2023

This is sort of a more realistic Terminator. I mean, we aren't going to see cyborgs marching over the earth, that would be entirely inefficient. But we already see a lot of robots like this, and they will be our downfall... ... for economic depression alone, even if the singularity never happens. Anyway, it is DATED, in fact it redefines dated and when I saw it in the early 90s as a kid (thank you Suncoast Video) it was dated... but it was fun. It tells a great story, Jack Ramsay is believable and not an over the top action hero (Thank you Tom Selleck) and it moves along at a nice and steady pace being just science fiction enough to be sci-fi and just grounded enough to be believable. And, revisiting it decades later, it still works despite how dated it is. So you are left entertained despite Alley once more playing 80s Girl and not an actual character. I mean, lets face it, any movie where Gene Simmons does a decent acting job, that is not only a good movie, but has a great director that knows how to get what he needs from actors.

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