The Runner is a semi-return to form for Cage, but not quite good enough.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 2, 2019

The Runner plods and Nic Cage drawls...

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 17, 2019

There's no need to run away from this underachieving movie; if you walk away from it at a normal pace, it will never catch up with you.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 28, 2018

There really is no point in wasting your time with this movie unless you have some goal of self-punishment to witness every Nicolas Cage performance

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 3, 2017

Despite its potentially juicy political premise and Nic Cage's relatively solid performance - more on that later - Austin Stark's The Runner ends up being a poor-man's version of politically-charged 온라인카지노추천 shows such as House of Cards and Scandal.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 5, 2016

Although first-time writer/director Austin Stark has his heart in the right place and Cage eschews his trademark zaniness, it's only watchable rather than gripping.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 5, 2015

Everyone loves Nicolas Cage the bug-eyed lunatic. Nicolas Cage the serious actor, that's a tougher sell.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 2, 2015

Slow-moving political drama has strong language, some sex.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 11, 2015

Equal parts Big Oil message movie and melodramatic character study, The Runner gets so close to depth that it's weirdly frustrating to see it fail.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 2, 2015

The Runner never approaches the keen insight and social satire of political films such as The Candidate, Primary Colors or Bulworth.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 27, 2015

... contains a fair amount of cynicism toward media sensationalism and the political system, yet by always focusing on the politicians instead of the working-class Gulf Coast residents ... the film indulges in that which it condemns.

| Aug 21, 2015

Cage makes us believe the good and the bad in this man.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 12, 2015

A gripping and exhilarating thriller! Nicholas Cage is in top form! It's his best performance since Leaving Las Vegas.

| Original Score: 7.89 | Aug 8, 2015

Stark repeatedly squanders the decent supporting cast, revealing scant backstory that would enhance the often vague character motivation on display.

| Aug 7, 2015

[T]here aren't many "message movies" out so far this year apart from a few documentary offerings, so despite its stumbles The Runner is still a welcome addition to the field...

| Aug 7, 2015

[I]t might have benefited from a little more of an emotional outlook on the way of things beyond its shoulder-shrugging attitude...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 7, 2015

These plot elements, and the actors, have all the makings of a truly juicy and thought-provoking political melodrama. So it's dispiriting to see filmmaker Stark create such a weird, jagged hash out of them.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 7, 2015

Cage's performance is as fuzzy as his character's sense of bearings.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 6, 2015

A hollow, listless political drama that could have been a contender.

| Aug 6, 2015

This brand of political soap opera is being done better on television by shows like "Scandal," where this story would be little more than a secondary plotline.

| Aug 6, 2015