Running Scared (1986)

A real gem!
I saw this movie recently on the "TV Land" channel and decided to buy the DVD. I really loved this movie ! It's hilarious and has loads of laughs! Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines worked really well together -- they just clicked on screen. My favorite scene was when their characters were involved in a car chase on a commuter train track with Jimmy Smits's character! I wish they could have made a sequel before Gregory Hines passed away.

a lost jewel
There are quilty pleasures{Road House} and those movies that are so bad that they become good{Show Girls} HOWEVER this not one of those. It is one of those jewels that doesn't show up much on tv and got lost in theaters. The teaming of Hines and Crystal is a once in life time thing and sorry to say it turned out to be just that. The comedy flows and is not forced. The leads make you like them and you belive that they are real cops. The chase on the El tracks is great and the building shoot out at the end is well done. Hines has a nice turn when he "arrests" another man's lover for his own. The montage at Key West is nice. But the sound track is 70's gold and realy moves the movie forward. This movie holds up well. It's really was a shame that the sequel was never made. Maybe that was a good thing because the sequel could never live up to the original. Look for this movie and enjoy!

a lost jewel
There are quilty pleasures{Road House} and those movies that are so bad that they become good{Show Girls} HOWEVER this not one of those. It is one of those jewels that doesn't show up much on tv and got lost in theaters. The teaming of Hines and Crystal is a once in life time thing and sorry to say it turned out to be just that. The comedy flows and is not forced. The leads make you like them and you belive that they are real cops. The chase on the El tracks is great and the building shoot out at the end is well done. Hines has a nice turn when he "arrests" another man's lover for his own. The montage at Key West is nice. But the sound track is 70's gold and realy moves the movie forward. This movie holds up well. It's really was a shame that the sequel was never made. Maybe that was a good thing because the sequel could never live up to the original. Look for this movie and enjoy!