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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity Movie Release: 1988 DVD Release: 09/02/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Studio: Universal Studios Members Wishing: 11 Genres: Comedy, Action Comedy, Road Movie, Odd Couple Film See Also: Midnight Run, Midnight Run [HD DVD]

Director Martin Brest, of Going in Style and Beverly Hills Cop fame, was in charge of Midnight Run. Robert De Niro stars as Jack Walsh, a hard-bitten bounty hunter offered $100,000 to bring in embezzler Jonathan Mardukas (Charles Grodin). Handcuffed to the wimpy Mardukas, Walsh assumes that the extradition trip from New York to Los Angeles will be an uneventful one. But the prisoner hasn't told Walsh the whole story: the embezzler owes $15 million to a mobster (Dennis Farina), and he's been targeted for assassination. It's a toss-up as to what is the most entertaining aspect of Midnight Run: the slam-bang action and chase sequences or the verbal byplay between DeNiro and Grodin. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Robert De Niro - Jack Walsh
Charles Grodin - Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas
Yaphet Kotto - Alonzo Mosely
John Ashton - Marvin Dorfler
Dennis Farina - Jimmy Serrano

Even years after it was released, Midnight Run remains miles better than the average Hollywood action-comedy. While this Universal DVD isn't the definitive release that the movie's many fans have been waiting for, it is still much preferable to the old video version. The widescreen transfer wasn't done in the superior anamorphic but it is nevertheless excellent. The print is free of blemishes and the color scheme is rich and full. Likewise, the Dolby Digital 4.0 audio track is dynamic but well-balanced. While Universal gets these technical details right, it hasn't added any extras to the DVD, not even a trailer, which explains why its list price was so quickly reduced. ~ Nick Dedina, All Movie Guide