Director: Simone Bartesaghi
Running time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Run is the story of Danny, Sean or whatever his name is, who lives with his father and at night he "runs" through town to steal and support the family but, also, because as he says it's the only time he feels free. There is a part about his mother, his crime-lord uncle, some kids in his new school, a girl and other very stereotypical stuff. There, really, is no point in me telling you about the plot of this movie because you've probably seen 100 other movie with an extremely similar storyline.
But let's start with the parts of the movie that worked.Or part to be exact. The whole parkour theme of the film is pretty interesting. That was what drew me to the movie in the first place. But even that, is not great. I would have liked to see more parkour, especially since it's supposed to be a parkour movie. If i had to describe Run, i would say it's a very common flick with a little bit of parkour, rather than a parkour-centered movie.
One of the main problems of Run is that it is full of cliched situations. From the fact that Danny keeps his parkour skills secret from his new classmates but then has to use them in front of the them to the oh-so-ordinary (and boring) love story or the third act abduction that i could see coming from miles away. It all felt so familiar. Too familiar. If you've seen anything ever, you will know what is going to happen in this movie.Not only is the plot incredibly stereotypical but the acting isn't any good,either. I though Moseley's performance was two-dimensional and, frankly, a little annoying. As was Pasdar's. Moseley was portraying Danny as a weirdly shy little boy, while Pasdar was a strict borderline abusive father. I didn't believe their relationship was a loving father-son one. And that was partly because of the acting.Finally, i have to point out a major flaw of the movie. And this is something that happens a lot in action movies but it was much more obvious in this movie. Danny would have been caught or killed multiple times during the film. However, he always magically managed to survive. As i watched the movie, there were certain moments where Daniel would be either shot by the bullets professional assassins were firing or caught by the policemen that were chasing him. The fact that he was always able to escape unscathed felt unrealistic.
In conclusion, Run has a good premise that doesn't come to life upon execution. Not worth a watch, in my opinion.
Score:13%
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Courtesy of
Koch Media
Millennium Entertainment
Palatin Media
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