Fuga à Meia-Noite
Realização:
Martin BrestArgumento:
George GalloCâmara:
Donald E. ThorinMúsica:
Danny ElfmanElenco:
Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Foronjy, Robert Miranda, Jack Kehoe, Wendy Phillips (mais)Streaming (1)
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Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro) é um duro ex-polícia convertido em caçador de recompensas. Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas (Charles Grodin) é um tímido contabilista em fuga por um desfalque de 15 milhões de dólares feito à mafia. Jack receberá a bonita soma de 100.000 dólares se conseguir levar Duke de Nova Iorque para Los Angeles no prazo acordado... e vivo. Parece uma típica Fuga à Meia Noite, mas acaba por se transformar numa perseguição por todo o país. O FBI persegue Duke para que testemunhe... a mafia quer-o para se vingar... e Walsh não o larga para não perder o dinheiro. Walsh e Duke, na confusão, podem acabar por se matar um ao outro, nesta divertida comédia, repleta de acção. (Universal Pictures Portugal)
(mais)Críticas (2)
A decent crime comedy from the late 80s, with a somewhat dragged-out runtime that results in duller moments throughout the film. The screenplay is fairly simple, but Robert De Niro's acting saves it to a certain extent. Overall impression: 70%.
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I like films about seemingly unimaginable friendships, even though Hollywood has produced many of them and will surely produce many more. Midnight Run, on top of that, has a huge advantage in the cast: De Niro is one of the best actors ever and Grodin fits his role to a tee; and then there is the director, Brest, who already proved with Beverly Hills Cop that he has no problem combining humour and action. It's not a perfect piece of work, I didn't shed tears of laughter and I didn't swallow every sentence, but it's a torrent of smart, unobtrusive and straightforward entertainment, the kind that you can hardly find anywhere nowadays. And if I remember correctly, the female character was only given space in one single scene, which is a rarely seen, but absolutely brilliant move that had a big impact on the final result.
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