Movie Review – Running Scared (1986)
Running Scared is a triumph of showmanship over storytelling, surface over substance. Writers Gary Devore (Raw Deal) and Jimmy Huston have fashioned a fairly standard story about undercover cops chasing a cocaine kingpin, and Director-Photographer Peter Hyams (Outland, 2010, End of Days) delivers both a dark urban atmosphere and a hyperkinetic pace, but it is the actors who keep Running Scared on it’s feet.
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Movie Review – Running Scared (1986)
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