Nowhere to Run (1993 film)

Nowhere to Run
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Harmon
Produced by	Gary Adelson Craig Baumgarten
Written by	Story: Joe Eszterhas Richard Marquand Screenplay: Joe Eszterhas Leslie Bohem Randy Feldman
Starring	Jean-Claude Van Damme Rosanna Arquette Kieran Culkin
Music by	Mark Isham
Cinematography	David Gribble
Editing by	Mark Helfrich Zach Staenberg
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	January 15, 1993
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15,000,000
Box office	$52,189,039[1]

Nowhere to Run is a 1993 American action film directed by Robert Harmon. It stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Ted Levine, and Joss Ackland.^[2]

Plot

Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a convict who gets sprung from Federal custody somewhere in the Midwest by his bank-robbing partner. In their last heist, Sam's partner killed a bank guard, and Sam took the rap for it. Sam's partner gets killed in the break, forcing Sam to go it alone in search of the loot, which is buried on the property of a farm inhabited by Clydie Anderson (Rosanna Arquette), the widowed mother of two kids, Mike "Mookie" (Kieran Culkin) and Bree (Tiffany Taubman).

Attempting to sneak into Clydie's house and "borrow" some salt for a campfire-broiled steak, Sam catches sight of Clydie taking a shower. The next morning, Sam is spotted bathing outdoors by Mookie. After saving Clydie, Mookie, and Bree from a trio of intruding thugs, Sam discovers that Clydie is holding out from selling her place to property developer Franklin Hale (Joss Ackland), who fears that he will be put out of business if he doesn't get Clydie's land so he can develop on it.

Sam decides to hang around, sleeping first in Clydie's barn and then in her bed while repairing her late husband's Triumph motorcycle. Meanwhile Hale hires an intimidation expert named Dunston (Ted Levine), to force Clydie into selling her land. Secretly on Hale's payroll is corrupt Sheriff Lonnie Cole (Edward Blatchford), who harbours feelings for Clydie.

A jealous Lonnie discovers Sam's true identity and threatens to expose him if he doesn't leave. Not wanting to place Clydie in additional danger for helping a fugitive, Sam decides to leave, only to find that Hale has already blown the whistle on him in an attempt to get him out of the way. After evading police chasing him in cars, land rovers, helicopters, and on motorcycles and horseback, Sam returns to save Clydie from Dunston and Hale, who are planning to burn down her house.

After fighting off the bad guys and getting Hale caught holding a gun to Clydie's head, he decides to turn himself in, rather than run away. He promises to be back to live with them.

Cast

• Jean-Claude Van Damme as Sam Gillen
• Rosanna Arquette as Clydie Anderson
• Kieran Culkin as Mike "Mookie" Anderson
• Tiffany Taubman as Bree Anderson
• Ted Levine as Mr. Dunston
• Edward Blatchford as Sheriff Lonnie Cole
• Anthony Starke as Billy
• Joss Ackland as Franklin Hale

Reception

The movie had a mostly mixed to positive response.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Box office

Nowhere to Run opened January 15, 1993 in 1,745 theaters. In its opening weekend, the film made $8,203,255 at #4 behind Aladdin' tenth weekend, A Few Good Men's sixth, and Alive's first.^[8]

The film finally grossed $22,189,039 domestically, just getting back the film's $15 million budget.^[9] The film however did perform better internationally grossing $30,000,000 in other territories for a worldwide gross of $52,189,039.^[10]

References

1. ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1993/0NTRU.php
2. ^ "Van Damme flexes his acting muscles in 'run'". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-18/entertainment/ca-1299_1_van-damme. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 
3. ^ "A Kickboxer's Evolution Into a Two-Fisted Lawyer". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9500E6DD1E3AF935A25752C0A965958260. Retrieved 2010-11-25. 
4. ^ "Nowhere to Run". Deseret News. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700001338/Nowhere-to-Run.html. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
5. ^ "Nowhere to Run". Chicago Sun Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19930118/REVIEWS/301180301. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
6. ^ "Nowhere to Run". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/nowheretorunrharrington_a0ab5b.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
7. ^ "Nowhere to Run". Variety. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117793618?refcatid=31. Retrieved 2011-01-08. 
8. ^ "Weekend Box Office `Body' Struggles to Make the Top 5". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-01-19/entertainment/ca-1467_1_weekend-box-office. Retrieved 2010-11-02. 
9. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nowheretorun.htm
10. ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1993/0NTRU.php

External links

• Nowhere to Run at the Internet Movie Database
• Nowhere to Run at Box Office Mojo
• Nowhere to Run at Rotten Tomatoes