This Action Comedy Classic Is Basically Planes, Trains & Automobiles With Guns
In theory, action comedy should be one of the most wildly entertaining movie genres. Audiences get the nail-biting excitement of car chases and the rib-tickling fun of inter-character banter all at once. But it’s rare that an action comedy has both the visceral thrills of an action movie and the laugh-out-loud hilarity of a comedy movie. They usually err more on one side than the other. Martin Brest’s 1988 masterpiece Midnight Run is a rare example of an action comedy that’s both exhilarating and hilarious. The movie could aptly be described as Lethal Weapon meets Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
Like John Hughes’ comedy classic Planes, Trains & Automobiles, released a year earlier, Midnight Run centers on a pair of mismatched travel companions taking a nightmarish trip across the country. The only difference is that one of them is a bounty hunter and the other is a mafia accountant on the run. On their cross-country journey, while they constantly bicker with each other and face endless obstacles, gunmen on both sides of the law are trying to kill them.
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Robert De Niro stars as bounty hunter Jack Walsh opposite Charles Grodin as Jonathan “The Duke” Mardukas, the mild-mannered fugitive he’s determined to bring in. The Duke has embezzled $15 million from the mob boss who ran Jack out of Chicago, and Jack is promised $100,000 if he can get him to Los Angeles alive. Jack quickly tracks down the Duke and gets him on a flight back to L.A., but the Duke claims to have a fear of flying and his ensuing panic attack gets them kicked off the plane. So, with the feds, the mob, and other bounty hunters on their tail, Jack and the Duke embark on a treacherous road trip across the
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