Nowhere to Run (1993 film)

Nowhere to Run is an American action film directed by Robert Harmon with the Belgian martial artist Jean -Claude Van Damme in the role of Sam Gillen and Rosanna Arquette as Clydie Anderson.

Action

The convicted bank robber Sam Gillen is transferred to a prison bus to a detention center somewhere in the Midwestern United States. His former partner Billy, however, manage to free him during this transport, while Billy but is shot by an overseer. In his escape, Sam finds refuge on an isolated farm on which the attractive widow Clydie lives with her two young children. But the rural idyll is deceptive. An unscrupulous financial and real estate shark bullied the young woman and wants to press for sale of their property, to build a recreation area there them with brute force. But Sam, who now feels attracted to the young widow, is immediately despite his past. Between the escapee Sam, after the researchers are, and the financial syndicate breaks out a merciless fight. Clydie is violently forced to sign, but this is not enough to " real estate sharks ," they want to burn down Clydies possession to play it safe. Sam intervenes mercilessly and can supply the criminals to justice. Sam is taken at the end of his sentence and must now settle.

Criticism

The film received mostly negative reviews. So counted the website RottenTomatoes of 20 evaluated professional reviews only 5 positive, which corresponds to a value of 25 %. Also by the general public, the film was received with more negative reactions, because at the same time evaluated only 38 % of 19,920 users the film positive. This, in turn, is more than confirmed by the online film archive IMDb, another platform, can submit their film reviews on the normal users, because there gave 7,908 users the movie weak 5.0 out of 10 possible points. (As of October 20, 2011 )

" Perfectly crafted entertainment thriller that combines action and soulful elements with brutality and uses the purification of the bank robber for a questionable illustration of the atonement and rehabilitation principle. "

Publication

Nowhere to Run was launched in the U.S. on January 15, 1993 at the box office and was in a production budget of about 15 million U.S. dollars worldwide over 52 million U.S. dollars, import of which 22 million U.S. dollars in the U.S. alone, again. In Germany alone, he was seen after its launch on 25 March 1993 of 1,018,806 moviegoers and was ranked number 35 of the German cinema charts of the year 1993. And after it was released on 7 December 1993 on VHS, on 10 December 1994 Premiere was first broadcast on television, it is available on DVD since 3 May 1999.

Screenplay Richard Marquand Film score Mark Isham Mark Helfrich (film editor)
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