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Runaway

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

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.

Release Date : 1984-12-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : TriStar Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Runaway

Cast

Character Name : Jack R. Ramsay

Original Name : Tom Selleck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Karen Thompson

Original Name : Cynthia Rhodes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Charles Luther

Original Name : Gene Simmons

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jackie Rogers

Original Name : Kirstie Alley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marvin

Original Name : Stan Shaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief

Original Name : G.W. Bailey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bobby Ramsay

Original Name : Joey Cramer

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Johnson

Original Name : Chris Mulkey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hooker at Bar

Original Name : Anne-Marie Martin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wilson

Original Name : Michael Paul Chan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Shields

Original Name : Elizabeth Norment

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hooker

Original Name : Cec Verrell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Construction Foreperson

Original Name : Babs Chula

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sally

Original Name : Carol Teesdale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Headwaiter

Original Name : Natino Bellantoni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Data Tech

Original Name : Judy Johns

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cameraman

Original Name : Andrew Rhodes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : Louise Johann

Gender : Female

Character Name : Inspector

Original Name : Jackson Davies

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry

Original Name : Paul Batten

Gender : Male

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-11

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.