Midnight Run

1988 action movie

Rating: 14/20

Plot: A bounty hunter is given the easy task (a "midnight run") of taking an accountant across the country, but it doesn't go as planned.

Robert De Niro operates on easy cool as this swaggering, streetwise weisenheimer. He's fun to watch, even when the movie tries to give him all this emotional depth that there might not be that much room for. Charles Grodin is a perfect foil as this timid but sneaky guy. You can never trust what's going on with that character, and you're never sure if you like him or not. The pair have great buddy rapport.

Unfortunately, my enjoyment of this kind of stopped there. The action was a little generic, and the score made me realize how much I hate saxophones and electric guitars from the 1980's. This was not one of Danny Elfman's finest moments.