Running from the Guns (1987) User Reviews

..bang bang bang bang bang... plop

[ptb-8 · 14 February 2005]

Terrible Australian yobbo 'comedy' with awful performances by a list of out of work actors who must have needed the money. Supposedly a gangster comedy it is a genre not managed until TWO HANDS or DIRTY DEEDS came along in the 90s. Set around urban wharehouses and with absolutely charmless lead characters - not so the actors - this genuine misfire hit the cinemas and dropped dead within 7 days. The extraordinary Jon Blake, so tragically physically destroyed in a near fatal accident has one of his few (magnetic) screen appearances in this ratty film. Terence Donovan is asked to perform the ugliest of nude scenes - one of which is repeated in the end credits and in freeze frame!! - as if the producer thought it was all such fun we would be roaring with laughter...not.....In fact the audience was screaming in disgust instead at the preview session I attended. The public stayed away and the film sank without a trace. The lesser roles are more interesting than the leads and so are the actors.. like Jon Blake as mentioned, and Toni Lamond who is always good, even if the show is a dud.

Bad.

[bombersflyup · 1/10 · 6 December 2022]

Running from the Guns is about as bad as you can get without being cringe or overly foul.

Another Aussie film where there's no intro, thin characterization and just lots of crooks and random odd behaviour. The plot, the characters and the acting subpar, particularly the leads. Some of the performances from the antagonists weren't too bad, but those scenes are still ruined by others. Not sure what that fitness/brothel sequence was, bloody weird as hell. The punks chasing them and constantly crashing at the start's just stupid. I don't think there's a scene to speak positively of, but like these two who are fighting off these crooks, originally were just getting toys to sell? Okay.

Its good.

[richvich2000 · 10/10 · 6 December 2006]

I remember the first time I came across this movie. My friend bought this as a video from the $1 bin when a local video store was closing down. I borrowed it off him and have enjoyed watching it ever since.

It shows some cheeky Aussie yobbo jingoism and wacky 80's Aussie comedy. The lead actor Jon Blake does well as the star of the movie and the rest of the cast play their parts well.

For Aussie car fans there are loads to see in this movie. From the GTHO, Charger, AC cobra and Jaguar race.

Probably the best thing of all is that it shows what Melbourne looked like nearly 20 years ago. If you are from Melbourne you'll understand that the place has changed. See if you can recognise the Palace in St Kilda.

Anyway, 10 might be way way to high for such a movie but I'd rather watch this instead of some crap film from Sydney.

Great classic

[cebodybuilders · 10/10 · 26 July 2007]

Fantastic Australian cult movie in the class of Mad Max and Running on Empty.Had to be around that era to understand the buzz of a GTHO and other classic cars.Probably a bit late for its time.Wish I could find a good copy of the movie though.To see the wheels spinning and to see the shaker working on the HO is something to remember as well as the mechanic spanner.If your younger than middle age and not Australian you'll probably won't understand some of the humor,such as "Spanner,grab the bottle of BUNDY will Ya".Jon Blake was a fantastic actor that could have had the status of Mel Gibson if it wasn't for a tragic car accident that landed him as a paraplegic with brain damage.I for one as well as a lot of other people where saddened when we heard of this event.Classic Aussie actor of his time.Great in The Light horsemen with a bunch of other great Australian actors.