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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0794043103056 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 06, 2006 Running Time: 122 minutes Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 24, 2006 Sales Rank: 8519 MPN: TRNDN10305D
Description: Slick, fast-paced and brutally shocking, this gritty actioner will jolt your senses like nothing else you've ever experienced. Struggling mob hand Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) finds his life turned inside-out when a "hot" weapon he's in charge of concealing goes missing. With two mafia families and a team of crooked cops watching his every move, Joey sets out on a chilling, bloody pursuit, maneuvering his way through a horrific web of creeps and criminals, praying he can retrieve the gun and make it home to his family -- alive.
Amazon.com: Trying to explain the wildly accelerated plot of this non-stop action thriller would be like convincing Quentin Tarantino to retell the saga of The Sopranos in 15-minutes or less. Don't misunderstand, Running Scared wastes little time on the nuanced details that make the violent, narratively precise, and intricately characterized world of The Sopranos so stylish and compelling. But boy, does it have style to spare, not to mention plenty of violence, narrative, and a cast of characters that all engage in a heady battle for your attention. Paul Walker has the unenviable task of fleshing out the role of a low-level mob flunky who's assigned to get rid of a gun that was involved in a bloody drug deal gone bad. When he botches even that little job, it's not just his wife who gets mad at him. Creepily threatened kids, put-upon women who save the day, and an array of pimps, hookers, sleazy gangsters and dirty cops straight ouuta central casting are all part of the intricate jumble of the story (not to mention bullet-time close-ups and a nifty scene that imparts the inherent danger of hockey pucks in a whole new light). It's hard to believe this outlandish piece of ultraviolence came from writer/director Wayne Kramer, the same creative mind that gave us the smooth little caper flick The Cooler. Don't think about that too hard though. Considering the madcap rush of Running Scared's wicked fun and inspired lunacy, you won't have the time to anyway. --Ted Fry
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Rating: - PAUL WALKERS A (VERY SEXY) MAN **DONT MISS THIS DVD**
THIS DVD WAS ONE OF MOST SURPRISING THAT I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. PAUL WALKER MAY NOT BE GETTING THE RECOGNITION DUE HIM. HE OUT ACTS HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN, BRAD PITT AND MANY OTHERS. THIS IS A PAUL ... Read More
Rating: - A Gangster Movie with a Twist...or Two
Shadow Watcher
Nobody Drowns in Mineral Lake
RUNNING SCARED is one of the most original gangster movies to come along in several years.
Written and directed by Wayne Kramer ... Read More
Rating: - "john wayne was a ..."
i really enjoy paul walker and i picked up this dvd without knowing anything about the movie. from the opening scence to the end of this movie there is so much going on. violence, drama, sex, drugs, john ... Read More
Rating: - Shoot-Em-Up
It's SHOOT EM UP Where you care who gets shot up!
Ordinarily adolescents in movies make me break out with Hives.
I was rooting for the creepy Russian kid all the way.
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Rating: - OMG!!!!.....Why I never saw this movie in the theatres?
This movie made Paul Walker stood out....in a good way. He was actually convincing and I believed him to be the Joey Gazelle he played. I am all for action movies and this one was beyond awesome. They way ... Read More
- PAUL WALKERS A (VERY SEXY) MAN **DONT MISS THIS DVD**