About this episode

The episode begins the Summer of Action series with a discussion on the buddy cop film Running Scared.

In this episode of the show we are officially beginning the Summer of Action where we will spend the next three months talking about 80s action movies, some iconic and some less so. And we begin this journey with a whole month of buddy cop action movies that took hold of the box office in the mid-80s. Our first conversation is about the Peter Hyams-directed Running Scared where you can hear us talk about Hyams trying to put his own stamp on the genre, Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines as an onscreen duo, and how the post- Blade Runner aesthetic dictated how movies looked like at the time. We also debate if this movie is a comedy with action elements or an actioner with some levity, if Billy Crystal is trying to be funny or going full Serpico and if the movie had the chance of being better with a well-defined villain. Tune in and enjoy! Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows Head over to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jakub Flasz, Randy Burrows

Topics covered

• 80s action movies
• buddy cop films
• film reviews
• Peter Hyams
• Billy Crystal
• Gregory Hines
• action-comedy

Keywords

• Running Scared
• 80s action movies
• buddy cop
• Billy Crystal
• Gregory Hines
• Peter Hyams
• action-comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Running Scared, Blade Runner

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