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Midnight Run Review

You end up memorizing Midnight Run. The best lines are unmatched anywhere in cinema ("Is this gonna upset me?" "I think it's safe to say that.") The hilarious back-and-forth between DeNiro and Grodin is perfectly timed and natural & the rest of the cast is AMAZING: Yaphet Kotto, Joe Pantoliano, John Ashton, Dennis Farina...and the bumbling mob duo played by Richard Foronjy & Robert Miranda. Midnight Run can't help but make you feel great, and you'll wish they still made movies like this one.

Midnight Run Overview

Bounty hunter Jack Walsh's latest job is to find Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas, a mob accountant. That is, unless the feds and the mob don't find him first. A terrific action-comedy from the director of "Beverly Hills Cop."

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Director Martin Brest rocketed to the top of Hollywood's A list with the blockbuster success of Beverly Hills Cop, and this 1988 follow-up is even better. Midnight Run is a genuine rarity--an action comedy that's dramatically satisfying--thanks to a sharp script by George Gallo, the superb teaming of Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, and Brest's consummate skill in combining suspense and humor with well-developed characters. De Niro plays a maverick bounty hunter whose latest assignment is Grodin, an accountant accused of embezzling from the Mob. De Niro thinks he's in for an easy job, transporting Grodin (who's afraid to fly) from New York to Los Angeles, but soon discovers that both the FBI and the Mafia are hot on Grodin's trail. Equal parts road trip, action thriller, and a quirky character study, Midnight Run moves at a breakneck pace but still gives De Niro and Grodin time to create rich, memorable performances as two men who seem to be opposites, but gradually develop mutual respect and admiration. Mainstream entertainment at its best. --Jeff Shannon

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