Film

Midnight Run 1988

Directed by Martin Brest

  • Comedy, Crime, Thriller
  • 126 min
  • R

This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

ComedyCrimeThrillercrooked lawyerroad tripbuddybuddy comedybail jumpermafia accountantstretch limousinemanhattan, new york citysouthwestern u.s.bus stationpolice surveillance

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Character

Classical in form, resolved, effortless and comic.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • effortlessdemanding
  • gravecomic
  • contemplativerelentless

Who loves it, who doesn't

The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 4The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 14 / 1The ArchivistThe Archivist: loved by 22The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 22The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 22The OmnivoreThe Omnivore: loved by 11The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 11The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: disliked by 10 / 1The FormalistThe Formalist: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

22 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Genre Devotees.

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  • “Would Midnight Run hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1988?”

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