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Besties: Midnight Run

One of the 80's best buddy films never got a sequel, but that's fine since Midnight Run is a damn fine entertaining movie on its own merits. Is this the best bounty hunting movie ever made?

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Bounty Hunter Jack Walsh takes Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas hostage back to Los Angeles from New York in a road-trip filled with laughs and the pursuit of FBI and mob types.

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FelixCulpaon Jan. 29, 2012 at 12:38 p.m.

Great movie! The Besties are the Best!

wreckson Jan. 29, 2012 at 12:41 p.m.

Perfect Bestie. Easily Robert De Niro's best comedy.

Delta_Assaulton Jan. 29, 2012 at 1:06 p.m.

Definitely better then the Beethoven movies.

Moviemaniacon Jan. 29, 2012 at 1:14 p.m.

Um Midnight Run got a sequel, in fact it got a bunch of em. They were all crap being TV movies (kinda like the Smokey and Bandit around the same time), but they were sequels none the less, with Christopher McDonald playing the lead role

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109138/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110511/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110510/

RockinKemosabeon Jan. 29, 2012 at 1:43 p.m.

What a nice Sunday surprise!

Suedeheadon Jan. 29, 2012 at 1:48 p.m.

@Moviemaniac: Watch the whole video before you make corrections.

Bumbuliuzon Jan. 29, 2012 at 1:57 p.m.

Great pick Rorie, really loved this film when I was younger.

Rorie staff on Jan. 29, 2012 at 2:21 p.m.

@Moviemaniac said:

Um Midnight Run got a sequel, in fact it got a bunch of em. They were all crap being TV movies (kinda like the Smokey and Bandit around the same time), but they were sequels none the less, with Christopher McDonald playing the lead role

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109138/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110511/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110510/

I mention that in the video. I don't consider them real sequels.

Moviemaniacon Jan. 29, 2012 at 2:24 p.m.

@Rorie:

Actually the guy who wrote the first film, served as an executive producer on the TV movies .

CptPanda29on Jan. 29, 2012 at 2:50 p.m.

I'm always getting the Midnight Runs...

LiquidSwordson Jan. 29, 2012 at 3:09 p.m.

I kept renting this in high school but always see the first 20 or so minutes due to stuff coming up or not having time to watch. Seriously, just had the worst luck with this film.Now is the time to finally see this!

EightBitShikon Jan. 29, 2012 at 3:58 p.m.

I'll check this out for sure and added it to my Q. I'm 2/2 so far on the Besties (for movies I haven't seen yet)

sanchopanzaon Jan. 29, 2012 at 4:21 p.m.

Great movie, truly a bestie!

MrPinkon Jan. 29, 2012 at 4:56 p.m.

An interesting choice for a Bestie. Nice to be reminded of this one, been ages since I've seen it.

Just to add, nice job on the video all around. Rorie seems to be taking more time with his speech and sounds a bit more clear to me. Hope that doesn't sound odd.

obscurefan is online on Jan. 29, 2012 at 6:13 p.m.

God this movie is so good, another great choice for the Besties.

AuthenticMon Jan. 29, 2012 at 6:14 p.m.

Gotta love Charles Grodin.

Spiritofon Jan. 29, 2012 at 7:09 p.m.

Damn, I need to rent Midnight Run again. It's been a loooong time since I've watched this classic front to back.

crithonon Jan. 29, 2012 at 7:33 p.m.

ugh, I respect your choice, but I do feel kinda beaten to death for the past 25 how FABULIOUS this film is, but I still just kinda feel like it's a bit too bland for something to be well regarded.

mustachioeugeneon Jan. 29, 2012 at 9:18 p.m.

Just watched this a few months back, still an amazing movie.

Though while watching it, I started to feel bad for Charles Grodin and his career. He's such a great straight-man, and can pull some of the best reactions to the varying levels of insanity around him, he is one of my all time favourite Letterman guests because Dave would spend the entire interview just trying to get a rise out of Grodin. I always love watching him in The Great Muppet Caper for his often times underwhelming reactions to the Muppets' antics.

Rorie staff on Jan. 29, 2012 at 9:52 p.m.

@mustachioeugene said:

Just watched this a few months back, still an amazing movie.

Though while watching it, I started to feel bad for Charles Grodin and his career. He's such a great straight-man, and can pull some of the best reactions to the varying levels of insanity around him, he is one of my all time favourite Letterman guests because Dave would spend the entire interview just trying to get a rise out of Grodin. I always love watching him in The Great Muppet Caper for his often times underwhelming reactions to the Muppets' antics.

To be fair, I think he kinda retired after his CNBC show went off the air. (Said show was pretty great.)

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