Runaway (1984)

Runaway (1984)

5 word Summary

cop fights madman's killer robots

fter watching an episode of "Community" where the characters are watching bad movies they mention they want to watch Tom Selleck fight mechanical spiders in "Runaway". It was late and we'd been drinking and we thought it would be fun to watch it and rip it apart.

The movie, in simplest form, is about a Police officer (Tom Selleck) who specializes in robots that are malfunctioning. Soon he finds killer robots and a mad man programming these robots to do his evil deeds.

Although it isn't a great movie it wasn't quite bad enough to be a good movie to sit and make fun of such as "Manos," "The Room" or any number of films featured on "Mystery Science Theater." It had some bad dialog but nothing too ridiculous, and the acting wasn't as bad as I was expecting. The only things that were really worth making fun of were the crazed robots and of course Gene Simmons character. Not saying those are the only bad things about the movie, just the only things that are really fodder for jokes.

All the bad things aside it was pulled off decently for what it was, (an 80s futuristic thriller) it just didn't have the excitement or tension it take to keep you wanting more or even wanting what's left.

Overall pretty boring and worth a pass unless you're a hardcore Selleck fan.