recommended

A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

This movie was the one of the most enjoyable movie's I've ever seen. The characters really matched the scene and made me want to see more. At the beginning i couldn't imagine how the film will move on and I thought Jack's purpose was only money. When Jack meets his daughter and his ex-wife, I think it was his turning point to pick friendship and justice. The point I like about this movie is the exchanges between Jack and Mardukas. At first, Jack was very strong against him but Mardukas starts tricking him and starts showing that he is not just a geek. It is also funny that the FBI aren't smart enough to take away Mardukas. I think this film has a couple of emotional moments plus action moments and mostly laughter completes this movie. Personally, the ending was easy to imagine so if it was a more unexpected ending I think it would have been a better film.

The funny point in this film is that Walsh is cunning and outs his heart into everything for money. It is interesting that he tries to deceive some people, however it is found out finally. He is not the main character who can be called a hero, but I think we can be called a hero, but I think we can never hate him. The Duke is also good at cheating someone. Especially, when he got on the plane, his pretence of phobia was great. Walsh and the Duke hated each other at first, but their cooperation system is good, and they are a perfect combination. I was moved by the last scene that Walsh set The Duke free. Money which he received from The Duke was less than $ 300,000 that was promised. I think he could not build his coffee shop and it became a little difficult to start his new life. However he did not give up a scene of justice he had inside. He had evil plots, but he did not forget heart of a police detective. As mentioned above, I think Walsh is not be a hero, but he has his sense of justice. He may be a hero who does not look like a hero.

This story is quiet difficult to understand for me. There are too many core characters, so I took time to recognize each one. Although the beginning of the movie is complicated that the more you watch it, the more you will be touched.The scene that Jack asks his ex wife for help and his daughter gave Jack her pocket money is really touching. Also, what is impressed me is the last scene. Who can imagine that Jack releases Duke? I guess through running away from FBI and trying to overcome some problems they get along with together and trust each one. The scene David gave Jack money and Jack gave Duke his watch that was given from his ex wife is proof of my opinion.

Coming off Beverly Hills Cop, that is one hard classic to follow up. But director Martin Brest made another classic comedy that is very well written, original an all around well performed. Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin are great together in this action packed road movie that moves along quick and is very funny and tough film with unique chemistry between DeNiro and Grodin. The support cast is excellent as well with Dennis Farina, Yaphet Kotto and the actor who played Sgt. Taggart in Beverly Hills Cop. The story is very well written and the film looks great. In my book Midnight Run is one of the best buddy comedies ever and easily one of the best action/comedies as well that really holds up. Midnight Run is a classic and is very entertaining as well as being a really well crafted film with outstanding performances and interesting characters.