The Runner

The Runner

2015 "Power always comes at a price"
The Runner
The Runner

The Runner

4.7 | 1h30m | R | en | Drama

In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit.

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4.7 | 1h30m | R | en | Drama | More Info
Released: August. 07,2015 | Released Producted By: Paper Street Films , Back Lot Pictures Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit.

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Nicolas Cage , Sarah Paulson , Connie Nielsen

Director

Jessica Lee

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Paper Street Films , Back Lot Pictures

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TxMike I found this movie on Netflix streaming. I watched it because I like Nic Cage and the story is set in and mostly filmed in New Orleans. It was home to me for a time and I always enjoy visiting it, even if the visit consists of scenes in a movie.Nicolas Cage is Colin Pryce, he is a US Congressman with a weakness. He has a strong sex drive and can't seem to resist a juicy affair. The story is set right after the massive BP blow out and oil spill in the Gulf in 2010. In addition to being a Congressman Pryce is an attorney and forms a group to work to achieve appropriate relief for the businessmen and fishermen damaged by the spill.This is a very mediocre movie, none of the characters are worth rooting for, and the restitution from BP isn't treated in any depth. So it really comes down to, do you like to see Nic Cage, and to a lesser extent, Peter Fonda who is good as his dad, a former politician. Connie Nielsen is also good as Colin's wife, Deborah Pryce, who treats him and his escapades much as we figure Hillary might have with Bill when he was in the news for all the wrong reasons. Not much here, I see it is the work of an inexperienced scriptwriter and it shows. You just can't make an excellent movie from a mediocre script.SPOILERS: When it comes to light that Colin was having an ongoing affair with a woman, a black woman, and the wife of one of the fishermen, he is pressured into resigning from Congress. He goes on to work for the people and Louisiana to get restitution and that good work makes him popular again. Meanwhile the Senator gets into a scandal so Colin decides to run for the Senate seat and wins.
Robert Kira While this movie focuses on 2 aspects --personal drama and public career what i liked the most was the political aspect and the problems Colin (Nick Cage) has to face to help others . I think is true and we all know it . Even if you want to do something good you can't escape the money/media problem to get elected --be influenced. Is a low budget film but well made without fancy story lines and unreal House Of Cards like moments who makes all of us believe we can became presidents. It presents the small portion of a congressman life as it is. The BP subject is a sensitive one and that's my guess why the movie is so unknown and has such a low rating . People want to see only ultra edited SF's these days......
mikky_elf I don't know what's wrong with film critics these days, but it's another good movie a lot of them decided to kill... It may be a low budget one, but Nic Cage shines (as basically always... because he is an outstanding actor, whether someone likes it or not) and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. The plot is decent, all actors did a good job and you can immediately relate to the main characters. Also, it's a pretty precise sketch of not only how how the politics work, but also how a lot of relationships work... in case somebody didn't know. Definitely time well spent and a must watch if you're tired of the Hunger Games and the kind...
MattyAndAnnika The Runner (2015) isn't the movie in which the previews make you think it is, and in some reviews it also says how this movie features important information that is a need to know; it's neither. The Runner (2015) is a story about a congressman who at one point was aiming to be a senator during the BP Oil Spills that had all the right reasons to want to help the people. As in any government, business or public projected structure when someone tends to want to do things that are for the good of man, someone that doesn't want you to succeed goes out of the way to make sure any secrets you have are surfaced in attempt to take everyone's mind off of the real picture. Now in ever situation like this a real humans response is to stick by their guns and focus on doing the right thing, and the disgraced persons of the planet fall in line like sheep and turn their backs on the right things to benefit for themselves; that's the real message within this movie and it's the same realism that every real human has always known. Now that this important message that was supposed to be found within the film isn't really in it it, let's focus on what the movie really was about, and was it good?My honest response on if this was a good movie, I can only say it is a movie; merely a drama movie about the life of a human being and in this case; well it's a congressman. The acting for the most part was at a low par, I believe they lost this film with Nicolas Cage. Nicolas Cage is a good actor but I believe that either he didn't have a good script or their just wasn't enough all together to need him in such a film. The father, wife, and his council did a fair job and it did seem that they had more to work with. The story seems rushed and not completely full, it was if you had to depend on what wasn't in the movie to piece it together to find out how in one minute things were bad and in the next scene everything was perfect again. Based on what the previews made this film out to be, focused on what took place in the oil spill, etc... well the film spent more time on the multiple relationships of Nicolas Cage's character "Colin Price". Sorry but I don't think the film was all that they said it to be, and for what it was; it wasn't a very good movie.