Pretty Good

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I always get a kick out of this picture, primarily because of Charles Grodin. His character, Jonathan Mardukas is so obnoxiously repetitious with his questions to Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) that he comes off as hilarious. Even in the most dire situations, both men are cracking wise with each other while circumventing the FBI and the mob, out to stop Walsh from bringing Mardukas cross country to Los Angeles before bail bondsman Eddie Moscone (Joe Pantoliano) forfeits a four hundred fifty thousand dollar guaranty. My favorite scene was the one at Red's Corner Bar when Jon pulls off the counterfeit money scam and strings Jack along for the swindle. That had just the right accountant's touch to pull off. Propping up the story, especially at the finale, was that unexpected spark of humanity that develops into a weird sort of friendship between Walsh and Mardukas that wasn't going to be swayed by any amount of bribe money. It was the culmination of one of their more somber moments, right after leaving the home of Jack's ex-wife, when Jon philosophically gave Jack the best advice he had to offer - "Sometimes you just have to let go".

If ever the phrase 'They don't make 'em like they used to' applied to something, it was the 1988 Robert DeNiro film 'Midnight Run.' There's something about it that just works. Maybe it's the simplicity of the plot, i.e. Robert DeNiro's bounty hunter, Jack Walsh, has to escort his - unwilling - prisoner, 'The Duke,' played by Charles Grodin, from one side of America to the other. Even the supporting characters claim that's a task so easy that it could be done backwards. However, Jack finds this simple accountant more of a handful that he bargained for. It's not just the Duke's repeated escape attempts and constant chatter about Walsh's unhealthy lifestyle that cause the problems (apart from bringing on Jack's 'sleeping' ulcer!), it's the fact the Duke is also wanted by the FBI, another bounty hunter and the Las Vegas mob.As I say, this film is a product of times past. It doesn't rely on extensive computer effects or high octane action, it simply has excellent chemistry between its two leads. If you read the trivia online surrounding this film, you'll see that a lot of the dialogue was adlibbed between DeNiro and Grodin which normally means that the actors clearly took great pleasure in interacting with each other and got a feel for the relationship and how it progresses. There's also a decent amount of character development, especially with DeNiro, as the two of them - naturally - start off hating each other, due to the fact that DeNiro is basically taking his prisoner to long-term incarceration (and possibly death at the hands of organised crime lords!), but they gradually warm to each other and end up as different people than where they began from.It's a bit of a mish-mash of genres really, bouncing effortlessly between action, crime, chase, road movie and, perhaps most notably, 'buddy-cop' movie (despite the fact that neither of the two leads are currently police officers). There's not too much here that you won't expect, so it's not like the story is going to revolutionise Hollywood script-writing. However, it's simply a good, fun, entertaining film. I would almost go as far as to say that it could be 'enjoyed by the whole family,' but it does contain an excessive amount of swearing (perhaps somewhere out there is a nice, police 'clean' version that kids could enjoy?!). If you like you're entertainment fun-filled and well-written, you can do much worse than spending a couple of hours in the company of a grumpy bounty hunter and his unwitting captive (oh, and it is a couple of hours long, but don't worry - it never drags!).

This movie is about a bounty hunter called jack Walsh played by Robert de niro and he is after the duke played by charles grodin for 100,000 dollars and Marvin trys to capture him to which is hard for jack and jimmy serano and his people try to kill him for robbing his money to give to charity because he can't stop seeing him and I love this movie because of the cast which de niro and grodin capture spectacularly this movie is de niros and grodins best comedy and also it is so funny because the duke can't stop bothering jack all the time and I've got to say the ending was really sad this is one of my favourite emotional comedys of all time

I am lucky to enough to watch Midnight Run, because this movie teaches me what is the basic of comedy and action. I think that this is one of the greatest classic movies. After I watched Midnight Run, I thought why this movie was brilliant, and why I came to think I wanted to watch it again. A few minutes later, I could find the reason. This film has no weak or poor scene. All scenes are necessary and the help me understand not only the characteristic of the De Niro or Gordin role, but also Midnight Run itself. Furthermore, the conversations engage me in this movie. For example, Gordin warns De Niro of the dangers of smoking and asks him not to smoke, but De Niro does not listen to his caution. This scene is seen in many films, but I have never seen other films which a character persuades the other one not to smoke over and over even if s/he is mad at the character. Anyway, if you have never watched this movie, I recommend you to watch it. and I am sure you will like it. In addition, you will watch again and again.