The Runner (2015) (original) (raw)

In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal.

In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, an idealistic but flawed politician is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. (less)

Director: Austin Stark
Writer: Austin Stark
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Connie Nielsen, Sarah Paulson, Peter Fonda, Bryan Batt, Wendell Pierce
Producers: Bingo Gubelmann, Benji Kohn, Chris Papavasiliou, Glenn Williamson, Erika Hampson

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Review by Brian Orndorf, August 6, 2015

6 / 10

Over the past year, Nicolas Cage has appeared in a handful of iffy movies, shifting into career survival mode to make it through efforts such as �Left Behind,� �Dying of the Light,� and �Outcast.� While committed to a certain degree, Cage�s dead-eyed screen presence couldn�t mask his interest in a paycheck, committing to pictures that have padded his career, not inspired it. �The Runner� doesn�t radically revive Cage�s appeal, but it does offer him an opportunity to act again, remaining the focus of this political drama, which demands a level of concentration and emotion he rarely encounters a ...read more...

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