Running Scared (2006)

Director:

Wayne Kramer

Writer (WGA):

Wayne Kramer (written by)

Release Date:

24 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Its Find The Gun, Or Death ..

Plot:

After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop....

Plot Keywords:

Pimp | Gangster | Pedophile | Child Abuse | Reference To John Wayne

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Paul Walker	...	Joey Gazelle
Cameron Bright	...	Oleg Yugorsky
Vera Farmiga	...	Teresa Gazelle
Chazz Palminteri	...	Detective Rydell
Karel Roden	...	Anzor Yugorsky
Johnny Messner	...	Tommy 'Tombs' Perello
Ivana Milicevic	...	Mila Yugorsky
Alex Neuberger	...	Nicky Gazelle
Michael Cudlitz	...	Sal 'Gummy Bear' Franzone
Bruce Altman	...	Dez
Elizabeth Mitchell	...	Edele
Arthur J. Nascarella	...	Frankie Perello (as Arthur Nascarella)
John Noble	...	Ivan Yugorsky
Idalis DeLeon	...	Divina
David Warshofsky	...	Lester the Pimp

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong brutal violence and language, sexuality and drug content.

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:18 | Canada:R (Ontario) | UK:18 | Germany:16 | Singapore:R21 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | France:-12 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-18 | Italy:VM14 | South Korea:18 | Norway:18 | South Africa:18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R18 | Denmark:15 | Sweden:15 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | USA:R (certificate #41598) | Japan:R-15

Filming Locations:

Letnany, Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

Media 8 Entertainment

Trivia:

The word "fuck" is said 328 times.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the opening scene, the first Jamaican drug dealer is killed during a slow motion shotgun blast. In the shot, the shell is being ejected immediately as the shotgun is fired, which should not be the case as the hijackers were carrying pump action shotguns whereby the shell is ejected upon pumping, not firing.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Joey Gazelle: [while frantically driving] Come on! Come on, kid! The fuck? Look at me. Fuck! Come on Oleg, stay with me. Come on. Come on! Come on, kid. We're gonna make it.
Oleg Yugorsky: We're gonna crash!

Movie Connections:

References Cat-Tails for Two (1953)

Soundtrack:

Stoned

Pure Action

The gangster Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) is in charge of getting rid of the guns that killed dirty cops in a transaction of drugs between Italian mobsters and Afro-Americans. However, Joey hides the guns in the basement of his house instead of throwing in the river, and his ten years old son Nicky (Alex Neuberger) and his best friend Oleg Yugorsky (Cameron Bright) witness Joey hiding the gun. When Oleg's abusive stepfather Anzor Yugorsky (Karel Roden) beats his mother Mila (Ivana Milicevic), Oleg steals the weapon from the basement and shoots Anzor, running away home with the gun. Along the night, Joey, the Russian and the Italian mobster and the dirty cops chase the little boy trying to retrieve the gun and disclose who ordered the boy to shoot his stepfather.

"Running Scared" is a great surprise and pure action, recalling the style of "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs". The camera work is stylish and amazing, and the gore story in spite of having many clichés is engaging with great lines. Paul Walker is excellent in this type of role, and I particularly loved the scene of Teresa Gazelle (Vera Farmiga) with the two pornographers, when she calls 911. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "No Rastro da Bala" ("In the Tail of the Bullet")