

Runaway
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
Director(s)
Michael Crichton
Where to watch

Amazon Video
Rent
Cast & crew

Chris Mulkey
David Johnson

Babs Chula
Construction Foreperson

Gene Simmons
Dr. Charles Luther

Anne-Marie Martin
Hooker at Bar

G.W. Bailey
Chief

Kirstie Alley
Jackie Rogers

Tom Selleck
Jack R. Ramsay

Cynthia Rhodes
Officer Karen Thompson

Stan Shaw
Marvin

Joey Cramer
Bobby Ramsay

Michael Paul Chan
Wilson

Elizabeth Norment
Miss Shields

Cec Verrell
Hooker
Carol Teesdale
Sally
Natino Bellantoni
Headwaiter
Judy Johns
Data Tech
Andrew Rhodes
Cameraman
Louise Johann
Waitress

Jackson Davies
Inspector

Paul Batten
Harry

Michael Crichton
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Details
Reviews
GenerationofSwine
This is sort of a more realistic Terminator. I mean, we aren't going to see cyborgs marching over the earth, that would be entirely inefficient. But we already see a lot of robots like this, and they will be our downfall... ... for economic depression alone, even if the singularity never happens. Anyway, it is DATED, in fact it redefines dated and when I saw it in the early 90s as a kid (thank you Suncoast Video) it was dated... but it was fun. It tells a great story, Jack Ramsay is believable and not an over the top action hero (Thank you Tom Selleck) and it moves along at a nice and steady pace being just science fiction enough to be sci-fi and just grounded enough to be believable. And, revisiting it decades later, it still works despite how dated it is. So you are left entertained despite Alley once more playing 80s Girl and not an actual character. I mean, lets face it, any movie where Gene Simmons does a decent acting job, that is not only a good movie, but has a great director that knows how to get what he needs from actors.
