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I Think This Is a Great Idea

By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (11)

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I think this is a great idea.

Midnight Run is an absolute classic, and easily one of my favorite non-gangster Deniro films. It’s got a brilliant cast — Deniro, Charles Grodin, Dennis Farina, Yaphet Kotto, Joe Pantaliano and John Ashton. I think this is a great idea. Directed by Martin Brest, its story of a bounty hunter charged with getting a crooked accountant across country. Hijinks ensue in spades. I think this is a great idea. If you haven’t seen it, you’re doing yourself a disservice. Plus, it has some of the best swearing you’ll see. I think this is a great idea.

Of course, as is an inevitability with the best movies (hell, with crappy movies too), a sequel is being planned, albeit 20+ years later. I think this is a great idea. Universal has Timothy Dowling (Role Models) tapped to write the script, which will once again feature Robert Deniro, and team him up with a younger character. I think this is a great idea.

I think this is a great idea.

I think this is a great idea.

I think this is a great idea.

I think this is a great idea.

Fuck. It’s not working.

(h/t: Dark Horizons)









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Comments

I've got two words foryou: Shut the fuck up!

Posted by: mswas at March 8, 2010 11:41 AM

@mswas, Kindly do the same for the rest of us cuntnugget.

TK, Midnight Run is a very good movie, back before De Niro starting cashing his chips and coasting. Thanks to this post though, we've found our Pajiba-ite Douchebag of the Day.

Posted by: bignick at March 8, 2010 11:54 AM

*shrug* Let them take a shot at it. It won't ruin the original, and if a sequel is this long after the fact, at least it's not a completely shameless cash grab.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at March 8, 2010 12:04 PM

Of course, (SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE ORIGINAL) it is a bit of a letdown to learn that De Niro's character is still a bounty hunter and that the coffee shop failed. It sort of undermines the original's ending. (END SPOILERS)

Posted by: DarthCorleone at March 8, 2010 12:05 PM

I'm fairly certain, despite the fact that I've not seen the film, that mswas was quoting it, bignick.

Posted by: Anna von Murderpuppet at March 8, 2010 12:53 PM

So I should see this? Noted.

Posted by: TWoP_Fan at March 8, 2010 2:20 PM

Thanks to Anna, who has a clue.

Posted by: mswas at March 8, 2010 3:10 PM

Oh, burn.

Posted by: sailboat at March 8, 2010 4:35 PM

Isn't The Bounty Hunter a reboot of this classic?

Posted by: Big Softie at March 9, 2010 12:30 AM

I'm with you bignick. I love it when someone just lets loose on some of the smug bastards on this site.

Posted by: Jew Boy at March 9, 2010 10:14 PM

Whether they deserve it or not and who the fuck cares if that was a quote. though admittedly I dont see what it was about that comment that brought out that kind of anger but good on ya anyway.

Posted by: Jew Boy at March 9, 2010 10:17 PM