Too many fans seem to be blown away

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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. Runaway is a cheap 80's film starring Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley and G.W. Bailey. First of all the reason why this film is cheap is because of the plot alone because there's no such thing as a "robot" in this particular movie except some small dumb devices that got hacked also Luther was a terrible and annoying villain and although Selleck tries to keep the film together it's still a cheap 80's film that has a terrible plot, forgettable characters and a cast that is surely wasted. I mean common this film came out the same year that 'The Terminator' did and that movie looks amazing still even to this day when this just simply doesn't (4/10)

I have to say that 33 years after first watching this film, it still looks very good to me. Tom Selleck and Cynthia Rhodes are both very believable as future robot specialist police officials. Gene Simmmons plays a very good bad guy. It is very well written. The special effects for 1984 are very good and it's just an entirely believable and entertaining film. I think that sometimes we get caught up in the Montague of modern cinema and forget about what is important. That is the story, the acting, and the artistic way that that film is presented to the audience.If it does that, it doesn't matter when it was made. it's just good.Good movie. Enjoy it.

I was led into "Coma" (personal 8 rating) by IMDb's reccos for me. Loved it, and went from there to "Star Chamber" (personal rating 7). That led me to "Runaway". Thanks, IMDb!I'm a long-time reader of Michael Crichton, but had not realized he had also plied his hand at directing. Not many people are lucky enough to have so many facets to their talent.This movie was gripping from the first. I meant to just bookmark it for tomorrow when I was not supposed to be sleeping. No dice. Not only did I finish watching this excellent movie, but now I find myself writing this review. It's that good.Not only do you get treated to a young Tom Selleck, who also appears in "Coma", but also Kirstie Allie, both of whom are youthful and trim in this movie. It's not just eye candy though, and I'm not really a fan of either of these actors, but they both did a very fine job here. The suspense is taught throughout.I could not get over the fact that I kept comparing Gene Simmons' (again not a fan) Luther character to Javier Bardem's Academy award winning Anton Chigurh's character in "No Country For Old Men". They are both unemotional psychopaths, and, to me, similar demeanors. I can highly recommend this movie to any fan of Sci-Fi and suspense.

This is a great cop science fiction combo movie. If you liked Robocop or Blade runner then you will dig this movie. Tom Selleck plays a cop from the special Police Robotics division, like a bomb expert except with robots. It has some bad words, violence and complimentary nudity, so caution with kids under 16.Wow I am surprised this movie is not more appreciated. It has great action for a 80s movie. And it is kind of set in the future where everybody has robots in their home. And even for the era the sci fi looked cool, even had some heat seeking mini missiles that were fired from a gun.Tom Sellek does a good job and Gene Simmons takes a break from KISS and is a awesome bad guy. Even Kirsti Alley is young and hot.