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 humour 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 [show more]
Top notch action comedy stars Robert De Niro as a tough bounty hunter determined to bring a bail jumper (Grodin) back to L.A., what he doesn't know is that the mob are also on his trail, with orders to kill! Sensational byplay between the two stars and terrific action scenes make this quite possibly the best movie ever made. Grodin is one of the funniest men alive and Dennis Farina gives the performance of his career as mob boss Jimmy Serano. Movies don't get any better than this! Unmissable!
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A bounty hunter is looking for an accountant who embezzled fifteen million dollars from the Mob, gave the cash to charity, then jumped bail. To complicate matters, the FBI is also after the accountant to testify against the Mob - and the Mob wants to measure him for a concrete suit.
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