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Runaway

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In this advanced society, most homes have robots that perform everyday menial duties. Every so often, one malfunctions, and Sgt. Jack Ramsay (Tom Selleck), an expert in rogue machines, must deal with it. When he and his new partner, Karen Thompson (Cynthia Rhodes), investigate a robot-involved homicide, they discover strange computer chips. Rather than a malfunction, someone is programming the robots to kill. The police must find whoever is behind the murder before more harm is done.
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Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune 05/28/2021
2/4
As exciting as Runaway is in the beginning, the film quickly degenerates into a routine chase picture, freshened only by one of Luthor's gadgets -- heat-seeking bullets that are programmed to strike only a person with a specific body chemistry. Go to Full Review
Empire Magazine 11/05/2008
Lady-cop-robo-fun. Nothing really profound here but who cares? Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety 07/22/2008
This Michael Crichton robotic nightmare is so trite that the story seems lifted from Marvel Comics. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 04/25/2024
2/5
…a step down from Crichton’s Westworld, although a remake-reboot isn’t the worst idea, if only to improve on a fairly questionable set of physical effects here… Go to Full Review
John Brosnan Starburst 07/22/2022
Runaway is definitely entertaining in its own silly way. Go to Full Review
Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel 03/30/2021
1.5/5
A wooden, cliched cop movie with the tiniest sliver of a sci-fi twist, Runaway stars Tom Selleck and Cynthia Rhodes and features Gene Simmons, cast against type as a sleazeball. Go to Full Review
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Billie Kat R @777Billie-Kat777 Jan 21 That movie had one of those casts that should have worked on paper, like a recipe full of ingredients you love that somehow turns into wallpaper paste. You keep waiting for it to click… and instead it just keeps not clicking. Scene after scene. Hope slowly packing its bags. And when Gene Simmons shows up and still can’t rescue it? That’s the cinematic equivalent of calling in a fire brigade and discovering there’s no water in the hoses. Turning it off halfway wasn’t quitting. It was self-care. 🎬🚫 Life’s too short and your watchlist too long to babysit a bad film just because the cast usually behaves better. See more bao s Oct 30 Love seeing Tom! I wish they would have made an awesome sci fi flick for him. See more D.A. P Oct 14 While this was clearly not the best sci-fi story that came out in the 1980's era- this movie does have its perks. With the cast ensemble featuring Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley and others- this movie shows us a future where AI bots are programmed to help us with whatever we would need. However- this movie also shows how they can be corrupted and be programmed to take us out. One thing about this film that is absolutely frightening is the AI spiders that Gene Simmons villain character creates to take out humans with injections of acid and even the smart bullets and micro shells he also uses to take out other characters. While this is not the best sci-fi film- based on work by Michael Crichton- it is worth a view. 3.5 out of 5 stars- I would give this movie a look- it may not be the best- but its worth watching at least once. See more Lanfranco C @Lanfrancobz Jun 26 I never liked the robots! See more Digi G 07/29/2024 This came out when I was in high school, the movie is kind of hokey but the premise is quite frightening. To be honest our government is 50 years ahead of technology of what we have in the public! If you ever watched the outer limits or Twilight zone where this guy cuts his hair and it falls onto the bathroom sink and you see these little micro robots run in all directions. It kind of puts a shiver and shimmer of light of what runaway could have been. Imagine a micro robot living on you all while your vote counts to help these officials watch over every one of us? Robots are just beginning. The technology to make this movie great back then was so inaccessible, but if they did remake it I would hope they would put the fright of the outer limits or the Twilight zones into it See more Jeffrey W 03/23/2024 Gene Simmons plays a terrific villain See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this advanced society, most homes have robots that perform everyday menial duties. Every so often, one malfunctions, and Sgt. Jack Ramsay (Tom Selleck), an expert in rogue machines, must deal with it. When he and his new partner, Karen Thompson (Cynthia Rhodes), investigate a robot-involved homicide, they discover strange computer chips. Rather than a malfunction, someone is programming the robots to kill. The police must find whoever is behind the murder before more harm is done.
Director
Michael Crichton
Producer
Michael I. Rachmil
Production Co
TriStar Pictures, Delphi III Productions
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Surround
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