nims-1975
Running Scared is an absolutely brilliant Intense Thriller which has excellent and awesome acting by Paul Walker as Joey Gazelle, Cameron Bright as Oleg Yugorsky, Vera Farmiga as Teresa Gazelle, Alex Neuberger as Nicky Gazelle, Chazz Palminteri as Dt Rydell, Ivana Milicevic as Mila Yugorsky and Karel Roden as Anzor Yugorsky. This film has been given high ratings of 10/10, 9/10 and 8/10 by lots of people, but some people have only given it 1/10, 2/10, 3/10, 4/10 etc and those people who have given it those very low ratings are stupid dickheads who don't know what a great film is and that Paul Walker is an absolutely brilliant actor. I love this film and really enjoyed watching it and will watch it again when I want to because it is just absolutely awesome. Nobody should look down on Paul Walker or his acting in films and give his films low scores of 1/10, 2/10, 3/10 etc and put comments such as Absolute Crap, Awful etc, because you see if you can act or do better films than his and you know that you won't be able to.
mrozman-1
This is a good movie. Action, violence,Vera Ann Farmiga is always sexy and the story isn't bad and it will keep you guessing. I have to make this short as I don't have a lot time. This movie could have easily been a nine but it needs a little more of Vera's smoking bod and thus it gets an 8.
TheGDfather
So I reading some reviews and seriously speaking a 7.4 overall is just too low. Now I understand that is pretty high on here. Cause some reason everybody wants to compare every movie to the godfather and gone with the wind. And i love the godfther but lets be real. This was made in 2006 and I'm not sure if you can find another action movie that kept you on the edge of your seat 10 years after it.I can't think of any. And if I could the acting wouldn't be the same. One thing a lot of people forgot to mention in these reviews. You can watch this movie over and over. Heck I even forgot about the ending. And I've seen this like 5 times already. And where a lot of action movies lack is they drift off and its either not too much action or they play out for the audience at the time. This movie brought it. Notice the female character fits no such stereotypes. Thats a win right there. Her character alone was part of the movie and added so much to it. You can just in this movie and wonder what is going to happen. Who is going to get shot, if anybody will get busted. I was once again so impressed with the acting that even the kid who is the main character as well is great at acting. Seems like a natural. Even the ending was great. I must say I hear a lot of talk about fast and the furious. And Paul walker was great in those movies (may he rest in peace). But this movie never gets mentioned and I don't know why. The car as well was an attraction.
g-bodyl
Who would have thought that I would ever compare Running Scared to a Quentin Taratino film. Creative dialogue aside, this film displays the style and brutal action that made Taratino famous. Some will say that this makes the Kill Bill films look like weaklings next to this film. In other words, this film earns it's R-rating and there is enough excessive violence and swearing here to keep hardcore action/thriller fans happy.Wayne Kramer's film is about a mob hand named Tommy who is asked to dispose of a gun. But, the kid of his neighbor Oleg happens to find the gun to shoot his abusive father and that set off a chain of events involving both police and the mafia keeping an eye on Tommy and his family.I wish the late Paul Walker starred in more films like this because he was awfully good and he gleefully went over-the-top. I love him in many of his other films, but I would have love to see him go hardcore one more time. Vera Farmiga does a good job here and she has a few key and one very powerful scene as well.Overall, this film is a gritty and intense actioner that will satisfy many action junkies. This film seemed to have gathered an intense cult following after the initial release resulted in poor reviews and terrible box office. This is definitely not one of Walker's mainstream roles and this could be his very best. I rate this film 9/10.
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