The Getaway (1994)

30 years later, I highly doubt anyone is pressing 'play' on a 90's remake of "The Getaway" from the director of "Cocktail" thinking it will somehow rival what Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen accomplished back in the 70's; I certainly didn't go into this viewing with those…

HKFanatic

"The Getaway" is a 1994 crime thriller directed by Roger Donaldson. Before this edition, it was notably a 1958 book written by Jim Thompson. Obviously, most are familiar with "The Getaway" (1972) directed by none other than gritty 70's director Sam Peckinpah. This film also…

Blake Bergman "Various Spaghetti"

This remake doesn't tend to get a lot of love, but whether it's pure nostalgia, the ever-reliable Roger Donaldson aiming for Tarantino, or just that absolute killer cast - I've always been a big fan of this spin on The Getaway. Chief amongst the excellent cast is Michael…

ᴊᴏᴇ ᴍᴄᴋᴇᴏᴡɴ

I haven't seen the original, so no comparison colors my rating. James Woods and Michael Madsen have a sleaze-off, and we're all kind of winners. Even Alec Baldwin playing a criminal seems wholesome by comparison! Kim Basinger is served by the same juxtaposition, with…

Rob Hill

PURE UNADULTERED TRASH OF THE HIGHEST ORDER WITH A KITTEN.

Tessa

Грабителю банков и его жене необходимо срочно пересечь границу после пошедшего не так ограбления. Ремейк классики, в котором на удивление не чувствуется Сэма Пекинпа, зато из всех щелей прёт Уолтер Хилл, некогда жаловавшийся, что его оригинальный сценарий мэтр переломал под…

sipovic

Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway from 1972 is my favourite of Sam's non-Western output, and although dominated by Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw's lead performances where we literally see them fall in love onscreen, it had terrific performances throughout, and was littered with…

Andy Summers 🤠

A personal favorite of mine; I rented this movie probably 50 times from the video store (especially the unrated cut...🔥🔥🔥). It’s got everything I like: 90s Alec Baldwin, criminals on the run, heists, bloody shootouts, character actors chewing it up, and that killer 90s…

Brian J.

It's interesting that Alec Baldwin, at the height of his phase 1 Hollywood cache, threw his weight behind a remake where he mostly drags his (actual) wife around by the arm and slaps her when she don't make with the shush. Roger Donaldson's direction might lack…

Jordan Beaumont Anderson