The Runner (1992) User Reviews

harrison fords brother in British action film.

[timelordbob1 · 1/10 · 15 October 2006]

a perfect example why British action films don't work.Lets get a cheap American actor and try and copy a Hollywood action film all for twenty pence.The makers should be comended for getting it made for zero cash and there is one good highfall stunt but it is still one of the most arse numbing films ever.Some fun can be had watching it but for all the wrong reasons. The sight of the bloke out of the intercepter going nuts with a shotgun has to be seen to be belived.And the less said about terrance ford the better.You can guess where all the talent went in the ford family.Clue its not terrance.Just goes to show if you make an action film on twenty pence with a z grade actor you will get a steaming turd.But at least its not as bad as speed two and a hell of a lot cheaper.

A Less Than Inspiring Script Fails To Actuate Viewer Interest.

[rsoonsa · 3/10 · 6 July 2006]

After its sound technician is slain in a foreign location, a television news reporting duo, comprised of a man and woman, in addition to their sound man's replacement, decide to enroll in a course for survivalists upon aptly named Survival Island, situated in northern Canada where a training camp is being operated by a pair of former United States Marine sergeants. The decision by the newscasters to attend the facility is clinched following the theft, by Middle Eastern types, of four U.S. nuclear missile warheads from a Florida facility, the thieves then adding threats to use the weapons against Western nations. Set in the near future, most of the essentially witless screenplay's action occurs at the camp, where the media representatives find themselves trapped with only the two ex-Marines as companions and it presently becomes obvious that one of the latter is more than slightly unstable, while the comely female broadcaster (Paris Jefferson) generates for good measure sexual tension amid the men. As must be expected, not each of the featured five characters will last out the survivalist experience, and secrets are uncovered in an adventure melodrama that can only reach a natural resolution through force of arms, appropriate for its genre. Unfortunately, overlong climactic sequences are thoroughly unrealistic, and risible to boot, as plot logic and continuity are sent packing. The film is heavily cut, a particular misfortune since an attempt at character development is one casualty, although none of the players is a standout, the posing Jefferson being specially monochromatic; Colleen Passard does, however, provide a fine satiric bit as a news reader. The excised footage could not compensate for the general below standard elements of the script, direction, and production values, with primarily only some sturdy efforts from the crew being meritable.

Cheap and dull

[simonpcpearson · 2/10 · 25 June 2014]

A very lazy attempt to make some kind of thriller or drama based around reporters in a war zone.The budget was probably whatever benefits the director received that week.

The star is apparently Harrison Ford's brother. I did not know that when watching the movie, but that tiny piece of trivia was more entertaining than the film itself. I think the fact that I can't remember anything about him, probably sums up his performance.

Sadly I can remember his co star Paris Jefferson who spends the entire movie looking bored. Wooden doesn't begin to cover it.

The plot- if there is one- is incomprehensible.

A complete waste of time.