Midnight Run

1988 "This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
7.5| 2h6m| R| en| More Info
Released: 20 July 1988 Released
Producted By: Universal Pictures
Country: United States of America
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A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

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Action, Comedy, Crime

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Director

Martin Brest

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Universal Pictures

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ThiefHott Too much of everything
Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Joseph Brennan This movie is about a bounty hunter called jack Walsh played by Robert de niro and he is after the duke played by charles grodin for 100,000 dollars and Marvin trys to capture him to which is hard for jack and jimmy serano and his people try to kill him for robbing his money to give to charity because he can't stop seeing him and I love this movie because of the cast which de niro and grodin capture spectacularly this movie is de niros and grodins best comedy and also it is so funny because the duke can't stop bothering jack all the time and I've got to say the ending was really sad this is one of my favourite emotional comedys of all time
moonspinner55 Ruthless Los Angeles bounty hunter agrees to bring in a low-key but sly accountant in five days for a bail bondsman willing to pay $100,000. The accountant, who embezzled $15 million from a mob boss--who is also the bounty hunter's old nemesis--is also wanted by the Chicago mafia and by FBI agents, while the bounty hunter has to contend with his relentless competition as well as a talkative prisoner intent on escaping. In the leads, Robert DeNiro is lean, mean and exciting, while Charles Grodin's private smiles and sneaky eyes are a perfect counterpoint. They're an amusing pair, but the film is overloaded with color: colorful nuts and yokels and gangsters and dummies, all with their heads about to explode. George Gallo's screenplay is a commercially-driven, fraudulent piece of goods--it's funny at times, but dishonest. Producer-director Martin Brest gets things off to a slam-bang start, but as soon as the pair take time to visit the ex-wife and loyal little girl, one can sense the carefully-crafted pieces being put into place. The movie plays its audience for yahoos, ready to cheer the gunshots and car crashes and bad language...and then warm to the feel-good bond which develops between the disparate buddies. **1/2 from ****
mnguuuu The story of this movie is that a bounty hunter, Jack Walsh, finds and takes an accountant, Jonathan Mardukas, from New York to Los Angeles to get $100,000. However, this mission does not work and some accidents happen to them. This movie is so great and I like it. The two main characters who are completely contrasting type are very nice. At first, they do not match but they become a good combination gradually as if they have known each other for a long time. Their exchange of words makes me laugh and removes my stress. That is how much their combination is nice and interesting. I love them! Other characters are great individually.I have never seen the movie which Robert De Niro performs before but his acting is good. I really recommend this movie. You will come to want to talk with friends and realize the importance of friends who can share laughter.
Robert J. Maxwell It's better than you might think. At heart it's a mismatched buddy comedy but it has some amusing moments.Robert De Niro is a bounty hunter who has just discovered his employer is trying to cheat him. De Niro, apprehended by the FBI for some minor infraction himself, is surrounded by agents in a large office. The FBI in the person of Yaphet Koto tries to deny him a phone call but De Niro smiles sweetly and explains the rules. As he picks up the phone, he asks politely, "A little privacy, please?" This is where the suspect is supposed to call his lawyer. Instead, De Niro dials his cheating boss and launches into a tirade of truly foul curses at a decibel level that causes the furniture to shiver. The dozens of agents turn and gape at him.Charles Grodin is a fussy former mob accountant who has stolen millions from the Mafia and given most of it to charity. De Niro collars him in New York and, as is usual in the genre, they require changes of transportation that take them through garish cities and exotic Indian villages. They are pursued by (1) a rival bounty hunter, (2) the FBI, and (3) the Mob.There are myriad narrow escapes, lots of exciting action scenes, high speed pursuits, explosions, socks on the jaw, flying bullets, and scenes in which the two fugitives gradually get to know one another. Fortunately, there's little sentimentality. Nothing is more irritating than having your heart warmed.The laughs are sometimes keenly structured and it helps that the performances are as good as they are. The conversations between De Niro and his boss, Joe Pantoliano, are exquisite symphonies of barbarous profanity. If you don't demand too much, you'll probably enjoy it.