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- Danny and Ray are two street wise cops in Chicago. When they are almost killed on a case, they are forced to take a vacation by their captain. Key West offers a substantial change over frozen Chicago. They decide to quit and open a bar in Key West. Upon returning, they find that Julio, the drug dealer who nearly killed them has made bail and is trying to complete a giant drug deal. They decide to complete their case against Julio before quitting, but then begin being careful. Their effectiveness drops as they find they can't operate the way they did before if they don't have the edge of a long time commitment.
- Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer who nearly killed them in the past.
- The plot is simple: two veteran Chicago cops, Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines, are set to retire but before doing so wish to take down drug dealer, Jimmy Smits (and he's a force to be reckoned with, too). Peter Hyams always had a directorial flair, and the gritty streets of cold Chicago are his playground; better still, he has a duo with an undeniable chemistry, so comfortable with each other their work on screen doesn't feel forced but quite natural, as if the two have been actual partners for quite some time. This is the cop buddy comedy with lots of guns firing, bloody, bullet-ridden bodies, and wise cracks. In other words, this is the kind of movie right up my alley. Hines and Crystal are the kind of team that constantly, lovingly ridicule one another, while causing their boss (played by Dan Hedaya, enjoyable to watch as always) more than his share of migraines. I loved how they're forced to "apprentice" young cops, Steven Bauer and Jon Gries, and do so with quite a bit of reservation. Darlanne Fluegel (To Live and Die in LA) is Crystal's hot love interest, with the likes of Joe Pantoliano (Bound), Don Calfa (Return of the Living Dead), and Larry Hankin (Armes and Dangerous) turning up in a fantastic cast. This is the kind of cop actioner with lots of familiar faces in its cast offering colorful bit parts that just makes investing in the hunt for Smits all the more worthwhile. But Crystal and Hines together is the obvious reason to watch this little movie they're too much fun. There's just nothing like seeing Crystal and Hines stuck in a yellow taxi cab (equipped with bullet-proof glass even), lifted off the street by a garbage truck, telling Smits (looking up at them from a comfortable position as they seem precariously trapped and ready to be crushed inside) that he's in trouble! Of course they escape within an inch of their lives. There's this big scene in a mall that has plenty of gunfire and bloody wounds. I like this one particular scene where Hines and Crystal find themselves absent pants (in their long johns!) rescuing an innocent from certain harm when captured by an intense Smits (with a machine gun); forced to return to headquarters without their pants, their fellow cops get a good laugh at their expense. I don't think it is necessary to establish that the script is loaded with profanity--as the audience for this sort of film and the actors in it should know what they're getting into--and the comedy is rather "salty", with plenty of street talk (this does take place in the city and is populated by urban characters). One of the funniest scenes to me has a priest and nun, familiar with Smits for his contributions to their ministry (!) under constant smack by Hines and Crystal who think they're imposters posing as members of the Church! Hyams understood the audience for this kind of movie and gives us what we want, and he doesn't interfere in what Crystal and Hines do best.
- There isn't much running in "Running Scared." In fact, there isn't much of characters being scared, either. Surprising, especially considering the fact that the title involves both of those two words. Perhaps that's why my disappointment in the film is quite strong--instead of original material (running scared), we're subjected to "Lethal Weapon" humor and two buddies with low chemistry.<br/><br/>Yes, this came out a year before "Lethal Weapon," but it's not as good. I have yet to truly enjoy a film by Peter Hyams, and this does not improve my feelings for his direction. Although the real problems with the film lie in the script by Gary DeVore and Jimmy Huston. It's just not always that funny. Amusing, yes, but not very funny. <br/><br/>Here's my thoughts on what should have happened: Two Chicago cops (Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines) witness a Mafia murder and flee to a Pacific island in hopes of escaping from a pack of hitmen on their trail. Once there, they find out that they still haven't lost the murderers, so they basically (a) run and are (b) scared, hence the title.<br/><br/>Here's the real plot: Two streetwise cops (Crystal and Hines) are hot on the trail of a drug lord (Steven Bauer). When they get too close, he gets away, so basically they chase him around throughout the entire film. But when I say chase, I don't mean run--there's the mandatory car chase (including the ol' vehicle-on-the-train-tracks cliche), the ex-wife who gets in the way, and the big explosive ending where the two buddies rescue the hostage and save the day.<br/><br/>Puh-lease.<br/><br/>Really, I don't understand the title of the film. After seeing a snapshot photo of Crystal and Hines outside a pool in short-shorts wearing sunglasses under the bright sun, and reading the plot description in my TV guide, I expected the plot would be a refreshing twist on the buddy formula--buddies on the run. My expectations were too high.<br/><br/>It's not about running buddies at all. It's about two stupid buddies with no chemistry who make wisecracks and do some pretty dumb things, not to mention they have some pretty dumb things happen to themselves. They don't seem to be very real at all--at least not in a Riggs and Murtaugh type of way. After being faced at gunpoint in Chicago against two young criminals, they start cracking jokes and showing the two kids their police badges. Then they start taunting the kids to shoot them. If I were a cop making an arrest in a bad area of Chicago, I wouldn't be so confident in my rather unbelievable choices.<br/><br/>I'm overreacting. This is a buddy movie anway, right? Not to be taken seriously? Of course not. But sometimes it gets annoying when a film is rooted primarily in stupid antics and insults and gags and wisecracks that get old after a while. That's why a series such as "Lethal Weapon" remained so very fresh--it didn't rely on stupid buddies cracking pitiful jokes all the time.<br/><br/>I can't express how disappointed I am that I did not enjoy "Running Scared." I love cheesy comedies from the 80s, as many people who read my reviews probably already know. I like the homey little low-budget, forgotten comedies of the 80s featuring famous actors before they became famous, in films their fans don't even really care about. I like to sit down at two in the morning on a Friday or Saturday night, curl up and watch a really cheesy, bad movie from the 80s.<br/><br/>"Running Scared" fits the bill, but the humor just isn't there.<br/><br/>I give this film a recommendation based solely upon the fact--as silly as it may seem--that Billy Crystal does a Dan Hedaya impersonation. "Where is his partner, hmm?" he barks into the phone. Classic bit of tongue-in-cheek self-referential filmmaking. I loved that scene. I wish the entire movie had been like that.<br/><br/>3/5 stars.<br/><br/><ul><li>John Ulmer</li></ul>
- Hines and Crystal succeed in creating a new buddy team that ranks with the likes of Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
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