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Summary: Underated Movie
Review: Jack Ramsay (Tom Selleck) is a sergeant on the runaway squad - a police squad dedicated to robots. Ramsay and his new partner (Cynthia Rhodes) track down an electronics genious named Charles Luther (Gene Simmons) who has programed robots to kill. After the murders of two electronic engineers Ramsay discovers Luther has stolen a new weapon and plans to sell it to the highest bidder.Its hard to believe this movie is sixteen years old. I like all the actors in this movie and have seen it several times and it still is not boring. The only problems i have with it is that the dvd does not have many options on it and there are two very cheesy scenes at the begining.
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Summary: What's wrong with this picture? NOTHING!
Review: Poor Tom Selleck. I swear everybody loves him but he never gets a hit movie. This happens to be a very good SciFi movie. I know since there are not many I don't own. Not to mention you have a good director and great music. Add in a cool evil Vectrocon doctor played by Gene "Kiss" Simmons with killer insect like robots and you have a winner.
Selleck plays Sgt. Jack Ramsey, a cop that polices runaway robots. Since most of them are fairly harmless house units it starts out a bit comical. But as the story develops with a Vectrocon secretary played by Kirstie Alley finding out about killer robots. Add in some incredible heat seeking signature bullets that can turn corners and the tension mounts.
The DVD includes some extras including Bios on the stars. The picture and sound quality are sharp. Well worth owning on DVD, especially for fans of Tom Selleck.
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Summary: Not for People with Short Attenshion Spans
Review: Runaway is a slow movie with some action. It has grate actors, directors and special efects so real that you feel it hapining to you. The plot is strate on and makes you think for a while that it might be a tipical machines running amuck. But when it takes a turn too a mistery then it ingulfs you in to a new and more then plosable world. Some of the tecnology has come true such as artifical inteligents in simple robots and learning robots not to mention small missiles. Runaway is a grate sifi movie for the smart sifi wacher.
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Summary: Not for People with Short Attenshion Spans
Review: Runaway is a slow movie with some action. It has grate actors, directors and special efects so real that you feel it hapining to you. The plot is strate on and makes you think for a while that it might be a tipical machines running amuck. But when it takes a turn too a mistery then it ingulfs you in to a new and more then plosable world. Some of the tecnology has come true such as artifical inteligents in simple robots and learning robots not to mention small missiles. Runaway is a grate sifi movie for the smart sifi wacher.
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Summary: Nice try, no dice
Review: Selleck plays a robot bounty hunter whose job is to turn off robots that have gone berserk. (Cf. "Blade Runner", anyone?) Moderately interesting at first, but rapidly turns idiotic in the extreme, esp. when bad guy Gene Simmons steps into the picture. There's a reason he wears all that makeup. Michael Crichton scripted, which should be telling you something: flee.
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Summary: A less than entertaining movie
Review: There are no elements of unpredictability, novelty, interest, or emotion to be felt in this unwatchable, ridiculous sci-fi junk that fails to scare or even qualify as passable trash [...] with its shoddy special effects, [...] writing, and embarrassing performances.
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Summary: GOOD START TO GENE SIMMONS'S ACTING CAREER
Review: THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT A COMPUTER COP (SELLECK) WHO GETS INVOLVED IN A VILLAN'S (SIMMONS) PLANS WITH ALTERING ROBOTS CONTROLS TO KILL PEOPLE, AND THE VILLAN LUTHER (SIMMONS) TRIES TO KILL THE COP (SELLECK) SO HE DOESN'T GET CAUGHT. HERE IS GENE SIMMONS FIRST ACTING ROLE AND DOES A HELL OF A GOOD JOB DOING IT.
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Summary: Good story for what its worth
Review: This movie really isn't half bad, in my opinion. It's not going to stretch your imagination or present you with any moral dilemmas, but the film's pace is good - the plot moves along nicely - and Tom's sidekick/partner is pretty enough. Too bad there isn't any nudity (or at least none worth remembering, apparently) or I would've rated it higher. I was secretly pulling for Gene Simmons to kidnap Tom's love interest and give us an extended "damsel-in-distress" torture scene (always a plus in a he-man action film), but no such luck. Instead, we have Tom trying to de-fuse an unexploded bomb that's become lodged in her arm. Policing is a tough job for cops of the future, I guess. Anyway, it's good action fare that's worth seeing at least once, particularly if you like well-done robot props.
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Summary: You'll Congratulate Yourself For Predicting Every "Twist"
Review: What a fine movie to MST with some friends! I know some of these guys like it, but I have to AGREE with Maltin here. This movie is awful. You will predict EVERYTHING that happens, I guarantee it. Witness Tom's son, Bobby, in the most annoying "performance" in the movie. Watch as Gene Simmons glares and grins evilly while delivering dialogue like, "Where the template, Ramseeeeey?" Actually, Gene is the best thing about this movie. Seriously, this movie is strictly for laughs.
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Summary: Gene Simmons plays a fantastic bad guy!
Review: When I am watching a 1984 sci-fi movie, I am not expecting to see an oscar calibur portrail full of twists and turns. Some may call it predictible, but myself I feel that the story flowed and made sense. Too many times have I seen a movie wher its certainly unpredictable because the plot climax comes out of nowhere. Tom Sellek plays the part well and is very believeable as a hardened and some what cynical cop. Gene Simmons in one of his only noteworthy film performances takes his KISS type persona and plays the evil genius well. I for one enjoyed this movie alot, and unlike Blade Runner didn't find myself watching it 5 times to understand the very shallow story line. If you are looking for a believeable near future story, pick this up.
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