Black Cat Run (1998)

From the writer/ director of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION comes a tense explosive screenplay. Four escaped convicts are slaughtering anyone who gets in their way- and Johnny Del Grissom just lost a car race. His father's disappointed and his girlfriend Sara Jane's dad- who just happens to be the local sheriff- won't allow her to see him anymore. It's not his lucky day... and that's just the beginning. When the convicts run into the sheriff they leave him brutally murdered on the side of the road and take his daughter hostage. Now they're heading for the Mexican border and the deputies are in hot pursuit of their main suspect- Johnny! The only way he's going to prove he's innocent is by catching up with theconvicts and saving Sara's life. But as fast as he drives all he's catching up with is the bodies they leave in their wake more evidence to the cops that Johnny has blood on his hands. It'll take a fast car and a quick mind to catch up with the killers. Fortunately Johnny has both. Now all he needs is a little luck.Running Time: 89 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 026359148125 Manufacturer No: 91481 Product Description

fun

Bought this a couple of years ago for someone. Watched the whole movie and it was fairly tolerable to sit through. I was a gift for a young person used to living out in the sticks pretty much. It is probably extremely entertaining for those living the life of the movie, "The Deliverance". August 9, 2008

A mystery film to collect

for people who like to collect films like this, I recommend it, is not bad or good, but its content is something that draws attention, to see it everywhere I had to buy it I do not regret any, for my taste of hundred mysterious is good, because it was very mysterious success on the big screen June 24, 2008

DUMB PEOPLE DOING DUMB THINGS AGAIN

It's hard to believe that the man who wrote the screenplays for THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION and THE GREEN MILE penned this overblown action movie. Frank Darabont's screenplay focuses on one Johnny Dell Grissom, a handsome young race driver, who has been saving his winnings so he could go to college and make something of his life. His father is an ex-con who runs a gas station and he's in love with the daughter of the local redneck sheriff, who doesn't want his Sarah Jane to have anything to do with his youngun. Sarah Jane is also desired by the sheriff's even redder deputy, Norm. As the movie opens, however, we meet a bunch of really vile prisoners who murder their guards and escape. Lo and behold, they run into the sheriff, kill him right in front of his daughter's eyes, but who gets the blame? Johnny, of course. From hereon, it's a chase movie, with some exciting chase scenes, but nothing new. All the main characters do dumb things that even make their actions dumber. Johnny and Norm for the most part. Patrick Muldoon brings his stoic, boyish charm to the role of Johnny, but it's not his most rewarding role; Amelia Heinle (Earth vs. the Spider) is credible as the kidnapped Sarah Jane; Jake Busey overplays Norm to the point of incredulity; Peter Greene as the nasty head villain is very good in his icy role; Kevin J. O'Connor reprises his whiny geek role he mastered in The Mummy; and Jeffrey DeMunn gives a good performance as Johnny's dad.
D.J. Caruso's direction is inconsistent; the pace slows; picks up; slows down again; it doesn't help this average movie. July 16, 2004

Wonderful Action and Drama Film

If you like action as well as drama, you will love this film. I was amazed at the camera angles in the action scenes. This film was made for HBO, and so most films of this nature do not have the budget to do all the necessary action scenes to potential. However, this one did. The main character in the film is a race car driver. After a prison break, the felons along with the girlfriend of one of them, run for their lives.

I especially loved the fact that the girlfriend was not only pursued by her boyfriend, but also by one of the cops hunting the convicts. He has a great attraction for her, and if she would just be his, his life would be grand. This subplot joins all the other subplots to make a film you will enjoy, especially if you watch it at night.

I was impressed by the amount of explosions in this movie. There were not too many, just enough. This movie reminded me of James Bond films, with a touch of small town sheriffs and maybe some Bonnie and Clyde mixed in.

I know you will love this film, and the only thing I didn't like about it is when I watching I had no sense of time. I thought it had only been on for 30 minutes when it was over. Looked at the clock, and it had been almost 2 hours.

There were a few slow moments in the film, but that was to be expected, considering almost every film today has slow moments. Those did not distract, and I barely noticed them. As soon as I did, something juicy would happen in the film.

You won't go wrong with this one. February 3, 2001

Action? ... Where?

I caught the first 70 minutes of this lame so-called "action" flick on late-night TV. The reason I sat down to watch was the high-paced scene near the beginning of the film where four prisoners escape from a work crew and drive off in a stolen car. "What the heck," I thought. "It shows promise." Then, when the movie had reeled me in, it subjected me to the longest 30-minute wait of my life.

NOTHING happens for half an hour. NOTHING. The protagonist, a race-car driver, is introduced, along with his girlfriend (who becomes a hostage), the competing love interest (a small-town cop), and several bit characters who basically disappear from the film once the action gets going. It's like the film-maker fell asleep. When you've just seen someone get shot through the stomach in slow motion within the first five minutes of the film, that sets the pace for what you expect ... and the movie shatters that expectation completely by subjecting you to the soap-opera lives of the Del Grissoms and their hick-town neighbors.

The film picks up again near the end, but it's too little, too late. The movie would have benefited greatly from some serious editing: build more suspense in the first half, and add more plot advancement to the second half, instead of taking them one at a time and completely switching gears halfway through. October 6, 2000

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