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1999
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Midnight Run. Jack Walsh is a skip-tracer, a former cop who now works for bondsmen, bringing back clients who have tried to jump bail. Jonathan Mardukas is an accountant who embezzled millions of dollars from the mob in Vegas, and then jumped bail.
Enlivened by the antagonistic chemistry between Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, Midnight Run is an uncommonly entertaining odd couple comedy. Read Critics Reviews
- (57)
- Martin Brest
- R
- Robert De Niro
A thoroughly engaging action film, Midnight Run boasts a superb cast that transforms its rather mundane story line into something memorable, funny, and moving.
Midnight Run is an average buddy buddy mismatched partner type comedy crime caper, I can't say I hated it but I can't say I loved it either. Followed by three made-for-telly sequels, Another Midnight Run (1994), Midnight Runaround (1994) & Midnight Run for Your Life (1994).
Midnight Run: Directed by Martin Brest. With Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton. A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
- (96K)
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Martin Brest
- 1988-07-20
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 56 reviews, with an average rating of 8.00/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Enlivened by the antagonistic chemistry between Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, Midnight Run is an uncommonly entertaining odd couple comedy."
Jul 20, 2018 · 'Midnight Run' turns 30: Alan Sepinwall on why this Robert De Niro/Charles Grodin buddy comedy is an endlessly rewatchable classic.
