Hit & Run (2012)
Directed by David Palmer
When former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardises his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles, the feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
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When Annie’s ex Gil (Michael Rosenbaum) gets suspicious enough about Charlie to blow his cover online and get the bad guys back after him, a “True Romance”-esque journey across country ensues.
"Hit & Run" is closest in tone to the Tarantino-penned "True Romance," but it lacks that movie's menace.
But Bradley Cooper turns out to be the weakest link as the lead heavy, a weak-tea variant of Gary Oldman 's faux renegade Rasta in "True Romance."
A chase-oriented B-movie that borrows from True Romance for both good and ill, Dax Shepard and David Palmer's Hit and Run benefits from a surprisingly sweet vibe and easygoing chemistry between Shepard and co-star Kristen Bell, both in fine form.
Shoot-outs, lovers on the lam, a villain with dreadlocks: yes, this hit-and miss comedy sure does want to be True Romance .
It may not be the 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T of Vanishing Point, or the 1955 Chevy One-Fifty or 1970 Pontiac GTO of Two-Lane Blacktop, or the 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1 of Gone in 60 Seconds, but comparisons to those cult car movies are no doubt welcome, as far as Shepard is concerned.
Shepard – like Ben Affleck in “The Town” before him- stars in a movie that he wrote and directed as a lifelong criminal who’s a really REALLY nice guy.
Ben Affleck has branched out into directing and has put together three well-critiqued films – Gone Baby Gone, The Town and Argo (to be released in early 2013).