Runaway

IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.

5.5
19841h 40m

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

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Runaway (1984) Trailer

Cast

Photo of Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck

Jack R. Ramsay

Photo of Cynthia Rhodes

Cynthia Rhodes

Officer Karen Thompson

Photo of Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons

Dr. Charles Luther

Photo of Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley

Jackie Rogers

Photo of Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw

Marvin

Photo of Joey Cramer

Joey Cramer

Bobby Ramsay

Photo of Chris Mulkey

Chris Mulkey

David Johnson

Photo of Anne-Marie Martin

Anne-Marie Martin

Hooker at Bar

Photo of Elizabeth Norment

Elizabeth Norment

Miss Shields

Photo of Babs Chula

Babs Chula

Construction Foreperson

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Reviews

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GenerationofSwine

10/10

This is sort of a more realistic Terminator. I mean, we aren't going to see cyborgs marching over the earth, that would be entirely inefficient. But we already see a lot of robots like this, and they will be our downfall...

... for economic depression alone, even if the singularity never happens.

Anyway, it is DATED, in fact it redefines dated and when I saw it in the early 90s as a kid (thank you Suncoast Video) it was dated... but it was fun.

It tells a great story, Jack Ramsay is believable and not an over the top action hero (Thank you Tom Selleck) and it moves along at a nice and steady pace being just science fiction enough to be sci-fi and just grounded enough to be believable.

And, revisiting it decades later, it still works despite how dated it is.

So you are left entertained despite Alley once more playing 80s Girl and not an actual character. I mean, lets face it, any movie where Gene Simmons does a decent acting job, that is not only a good movie, but has a great director that knows how to get what he needs from actors.

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