I bought the dvd of Runaway of a couple of days ago. I had seen the movie a couple of times on TV and video, but I still enjoy watching this film. It's fun and entertaining and has some nice scenes in it. One of favorite scenes in this film has to be the "LOCK-ON" scene, where Ramsay and his partner get chased by explosives that hunt them down on the highway.
shareI am looking at it now on cable. I haven't seen it in a while but I always thought it was a enjoyable movie too. And I am not what you call a Tom Selleck fan. But this is my favorite movie that he is in. It was a big deal when it first came out because of that Lock On scene. the people in the theater were flipping out. I thought Gene Simmons was very good and wondered why he didn't make more movies then he did. Also it was good seeing Cynthia Rhodes again.
shareMarbleann, you must not have seen Quigley Down Under. Runaway was pretty good, but QDU was excellent.
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QDU was a western wasn't it? I like those new movies he has been doing for tv. He plays a police sheriff. I seem to like him more now then I use to. I couldn't bare that Magnum PI, my mother loved that show though.
share Yep--an Australian Western. Matthew Quigley was an American sharpshooter, who was hired by an Australian rancher (Alan Rickman) w/a fixation on the American West, to kill dingoes (ostensibly). It's beautifully filmed by Simon Wincer, the same Aussie who directed the magnificent Lonesome Dove. Aussie directors seem to have an innate feel for the Western. Theirs seem less artificial than, when many American directors do them.
When Quigley finds out that Rickman wants him to wipe out the local Aborigines, he refuses, and Rickman has him beaten & left, nearly dead, in the Outback. Even if you CAN guess the rest--rent the film. The ending is priceless.
You're talking about the films w/Selleck playing Jesse Stone, the character created by Robert Parker, who's best know for giving us Spenser for Hire. Selleck has matured well.
Magnum was FAR better than the other PI & cop shows from the period--Vegas, Matt Houston, Starsky & Hutch, et al--primarily because Selleck refused to play him as a taciturn macho hunk. The studio had wanted him to, but he chose to make him a regular guy, who'd rather play volleyball.
Only Spenser came close, because, as written by Parker, he was well-read & philosophical & referred to literary works in his voice-overs. Not a simple tough guy. He was a well-read tough guy. LOL. Besides, he had Hawk.
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I like the Mannix, Harry O, Rockford Files and Barnaby Jones, which was before Magnum. I think I like Matt Houston, but the other ones Vegas and S&H, don't forget TJ Hooker were horrible. All I think of is bad music and somebody jumping over a car in the opening credits. Hunter wasn't so bad
Yes it is the Jess Stone films. They are very good. I didn't know that the author of those books wrote the Spenser books. I wasn't crazy about Spenser. I always thought Robert Urich was wasted on it. He was much better playng villians.
I agree about the feel the Austrailian directors have for westerns, but I think it has something more to do with the vastness of the Outback and it's desolation that they are good at. People in their movies seem very isolated. I remember seeing RabBit Proof Fence, Walkabout and a few other movies and it seems like the actors in the movies are the only characters in the whole word. I don't even know if it has to be with the directors being Australian or Austrailia itself. I always felt that in American westerns they seemed to crowded and bright. But I never get the feeling about the desolation and isolation of the west as we do in Austrailian directors.
Yeah--the ones you liked were more 70's. I'm referring to the ones primarily made by Aaron Spelling: Matt Houston, S.W.A.T., Starsky & Hutch, T.J. Hooker, Charlie's Angels & Vegas. MINDLESS.
Harry-O was my all-time fave P.I. show. Nobody played tired like David Janssen.
I LOVED Spenser, because it was character driven--rather than action. Can you imagine how much more interesting it was for Urich to do Spenser than Vegas? For one--Boston itself was like a character. Robert Parker has a feel for small-time crime in Boston.
I can't think of a thing Urich played an all-out villain in. Help me. He DID play a kind of loser in Lonesome Dove.
He gave Lonseome Dove credit for reviving his interest in acting---working with Duvall & Jones. He got burnt out, jumping over cars.
He preferred doing comedy.
I've seen an unsold pilot called 'Bunco' about 2 cops on the bunco squad--played by Urich & Selleck--pre-moustache. The were almost interchangeable--except Selleck had curly hair.
The westerns on TNT with Selleck & Sam Elliott are quite well-made, because they produce them, themselves. They CARE! NOBODY plays a cowboy like Elliott--not even Selleck. Did you see the 2 they played brothers in?
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Deadly Relations and Blind Faith two movies he played villians. He was very good. He did some more but then he started to get sick.
Cowboy movie call Bill Elliot. He is one of those actors you don't even have to look at him you know it is him from his voice. He was in one of my favorite guilty pleasures, Tombstone.
I loved david Janssen too, I remembered him in the Fugitive. I never realized he was so young when he died. I gues ecause I was very young and tought he was old. lol
I was never a fan of Aaron Spelling. I am sure he made some show I liked but I can't think of it now
Well, Spelling DID do Charmed. Sorta like Buffy in Melrose Place. Pretty well done. Best thing he ever did was a family drama series called 'Family'--oddly--starring James Broderick--Matthew's dad.
You're right about the 2 dramas, but I find nothing about 'Bill Elliot'.
How can you call Tombstone a guilty pleasure? It was far superior to Wyatt Earp, & Val Kilmer was astounding as Doc. An ex GF & I used to watch Tombstone over & over--fast forwarding thru scenes w/out Doc. Wonderful cast all around & great script, tho. Bienh was great as Ringo.
However, Urich wasn't in it. I can't imagine which character you're thinking of. Curly Bill, maybe?
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Gene actually did want to do more movie roles,but his number one commitment (Kiss) did not let him,he gave up roles he got offered but was forced to turn it down,like a role in Flashdance,Night Shift,Die Hard,and as the villain in 2 James Bond films:1987's The Living Daylights and 1990's Licence To Kill.He might be good in music,but in the movie scene he did not do well.
sharethe soundtrack is rad.
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i just have to say that this movie is the one of my best movie in my youth.
scary,fantastic,realistic,classic.
i watched it on VHS several times..
Make that FOUR fans. Booyah! While the other threads are lambasting the film for its various lackings, they fail to realize the real point: most of us who enjoy films like these were in our teens in the 80s, when Golan-Globus (the Go-Go boys) were KING of cinema (sci-fi, space-fantasy, dance, action, ninjas, etc.), when Sly was at the top of his form (First Blood, F.I.S.T., Over The Top- okay, maybe not that one), blue imps ruled the airwaves (Smurfs! SMUUUUURFS!!!), and it was common for kids to carry guns in the streets (Lazer Tag, anyone, anyone, anyone?).
The fact is, we're all suffering from a sufficient lack of our daily allowance of vitamin 80s, and have to suffuse our day-to-day existence with some kind of reminder of how relatively good we had it, back then: candy and pop were cheap, Sizzler was actually GOOD food (steak and finger-lobster platter), the internet was a semi-distant reality (woodgrain plastic finish Apples), video tapes were the new go-to for entertainment (goodbye, Super-8), and skateboards were wide enough for lugeing down empty arterials at 4 in the morning (I wore out three sets of ass, skidding on my tookas, on my way down 24th E, on Capitol Hill- Seattle, not D.C.). So is it any wonder that some of us hold dear those 80s films which haunt the cableways at ungodly hours? Breakin', St. Elmo's Fire, Revenge Of The Ninja, Empire, Escape From NY, Krull, 80s Porn.
Thank yer lucky stars we've still got films that were made with deft hands, a masterful craftsmanship, some small c.g. (Last Stafrighter), good use of much c.g. (Tron), and the good old blue screen process (everything else). Anyway, I gotta go. I'm watchin' Jack's Back, hibbity BOOyah!!!
SILENCE that ninja 80s!!!share
I totally agree, I own this movie and think it rocks! We all really need a super dose of the fantstic 80's every now and again. As for remaking this film....NOWAY! I am not a fan of remakes.
1. They are almost allways horrible in comparison to the original(I realize there are nastolgic reasons but still)
2. Why can't anybody come up with new sweet ideas instead of trying to make old ones more hip.
3rd.(and final reason) You then get 20,000 lame ass's that totally love this sweet new movie cause Christian Bale is in it(no offense to Bale)and don't even realize that there was an original that came out 10 years earlier(people need to learn how to respect there elders, no matter what media they are).
Tufface--I agree completely about remakes. They'll do a remake, because the first one was such a hit & they have a built in audience, but they'll tweak & update it, until it's nothing like the original.
The great director, John Huston, said that 'remakes' decide the old question: "are films a business or an art form?". He thought there was no point in remaking something which was nearly perfect already, because you stand VERY little chance of improving on it----that you should pick a film, which was poorly done the first time--& do it correctly.
The same can be said about sequels--usually. They're just a financial investment. Rarely can a sequel improve upon the original. Usually, they just recycle elements from the original, just to capitalize on the popularity of the first one. There have been only a FEW sequels that approached the originals--let alone surpassed. Godfather II comes to mind.
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This movie rocks! It has a great director, a superb leading actor, a cool villian, and Kirstie Alley when she was still attractive. Although I haven't seen it since the early 90's... I'm tempted to dash out to Target and purchase it this weekend.
"He was trying to fool, Lloyd Braun!"
Wow, this movie is the mother of all Kirstie Alley movies, isn't it?
As far as I know, this film was among the first films to lead the way in terms of underlining the attractiveness of beautiful actresses by having them wear elegant leather clothes.
In this movie, Kirstie Alley wears one of the hottest black leather skirts ever seen!
It is a movie well worth watching!
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I dvd recorded this movie when it came on TV. I don't know why everyone is blasting it for....I mean c'mon it was made in 1984 and it does pretty damn well for tht time period.
Obviously the director knew what he was doing...just like he knew what he was doing when he made westworld a while ago....or wrote it...I forget.
Definetly one for the 80s but can always be watched again n again :):)
I wondr how many of u watched it for the debugging kirstie scene hehe ;) yeh c'mon own up own up :):)
8/10 by my standards
Too right, rucuk3000!
I know for a fact that when I watched the movie for the first time back in the late 80s I was pretty much impressed by all the robots and computers messing around. As I stated before, seeing Alley in that mesmerizing black leather skirt added its bit to the wonders of the movie but remembering that the movie was made in 1984 I believe that it paved the path for the techno-glazed movies that we are able to enjoy now.
Thus I would have to give it 10/10 for the revolutionary stance and the gorgeous Alley scenes!
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Not Flash Dance was it....??
Or a music video...try looking at her info on imdb.com
has all of her roles there
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Gene Simmons was awesome, Selleck was good, good movie overal in my opinion.
shareI loved this movie and still do to this date, who would have thought this movie would still look futuristic in 2012. This movie has it all action, suspense, drama, and sci-fi all rolled into one. I thought Gene Simmion, was excellent as Luther, I don't think any1 else could have pulled off the performance like he did, right down to a T. I believe those that didn't like it probably are not sci-fi fans. I would recommend this movie to anyone especially those who are sci-fi fans, it is one movie that still rox to this date.
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"i loved this movie...! but i can't remember what other movie i saw Cynthia Rhodes in....can anybody help? It's bugging me...!!!"
You're probably thinking of the ill-fated sequel to "Saturday Night Fever" --
"Staying Alive"
Best scene is the one where he is removing the bullet /missile from her arm and you can see and actually hear it as he is pulling it out; really intense. Gene Simmons played a great villain; he was also good in Wanted Dead or Alive.
shareBest scene is the one where he is removing the bullet /missile from her arm and you can see and actually hear it as he is pulling it out; really intense. Gene Simmons played a great villain; he was also good in Wanted Dead or Alive.
shareI liked it. Haven't seen it since 1986, though.
shareI like this movie. It's not a bad film, so I don't know why so many rip on it. The "LOCK-ON" part was some cool special effects in it's time. Also, Gene Simmons was a cool bad guy. I'm surprised he didn't get more acting opportunities simply because he has an evil look to him.
shareThis movie shows how resourceful you had to be to direct in times when CG or blue screen were not the best things to work with.
The utilisation of lil modems as lock ons was genius, it made it feel more real even tho everyone probably knew what they were. Imagine if this movie was made now....the effects would be mind blowing but the realism would be missing.
I'm a fan of this movie, just haven't seen it in forever. :) I was four! when it came out.
So I'm going to be watching it again soon. My library has a copy.
I remember those poisonous spiders scaring the hell out of me, as did the ending when Gene Simmons seems dead, then gives out this one last HISSSSSS before dropping dead. Scary. :P
Now I look forward to seeing Kirstie Alley. ;)
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I think they should do a remake
Bale could be the bad guy
and possibly some new actors could play the lead parts.
It'd not be as good as the original due to all the CG but my god itsd b gr8
might even have a chance for some cameos
It would be too hard to remake this movie because nobody could pull off Gene's roll in the movie the way he did. Nobody else has that glare or those eyes!
Now, where were we?