TonyMontana96 (Originally reviewed: 08/01/2017) Nicolas cage is yet again starring in films with scripts that do not deserve his brilliance. The Runner is by far better than previous efforts like the abysmal Tokarev and the unwatchable Left Behind. Cage of course gives a solid performance and the supporting cast are decent, among it are Peter Fonda (Ghost Rider), Connie Nielson (The Devil's Advocate), and Sarah Paulson (What Women Want). The second half is a lot better than the first but still mediocre with some real unintentionally laughable scenes like when cage's sex scandal is revealed and he says to his wife "come on baby let's go to bed" and she slaps him, but what did he really expect? However there are positives such as when Fonda (His alcoholic father) and Cage exchange some real good dialogue and when Cage is alone, you can feel some sympathy for his character. All in all though I think The Runner is overwhelmed by a lot of mediocre writing and a monotonous storyline.

Bright0001 I like Nic Cage. Not really as an actor, but I just enjoy seeing him in movies and in general they are pretty enjoyable. But this.This is just a cheap rip-off of House of Cards with a horrible, horrible story. The protagonist is a mix of Peter Russo and Frank Underwood, trying to convince us we have a charismatic, mighty person in front of us like Underwood, while attempting to give him the emotional level and the development of Russo. And this is just horrible. Cage just isn't capable of transmitting this level of emotion to the viewer (first scene where he cried we started to laugh - literally), as the writer isn't capable of delivering any kind of believable plot and character decisions. So I just say it like it is: Even though I like Cage, this movie is not good. I would neither recommend buying, nor watching it. You'll waste your time.

FlashCallahan An embarrassing video threatens the career of an idealistic Louisiana congressman who dreams of running for the Senate. After all, the video features him having a little bit of cheeky cheeky with a fishermans wife.But what makes this video the final twist of the knife, is the fact that the congressman is vying to his people to help fishermen and others who's careers are threatened by the 2010 BP oil spillage.....It's that age old problem isn't it? No matter how many people you try to help, no matter how much help you provide and how much you live up to your promises,someone's always got a bit of dirt on you, and your family. And it doesn't help that your dad had a similar problem when he was a congressmen....The film is literally a mix of Erin Brockovich meets one of those dodgy erotic thrillers that your dad used to rent from the video shop and keep at the back of the TV, and not as good that concept sounds.Cage reins his performance in for the most part of the film, which is always a negative, because all us true Cage fans love us a bit of mental, shouty Cage, so we still have evidence for the non-believers that there is some redeeming factors his films.So the film isn't terrible, it's quite interesting from the point of the actual story, but the narrative was done to death in the nineties, a sex scandal ruins someone's career. Whoop-De-Doo. If this was made in the nineties in the wake of David Mellor or Paddy Ashdown, and used a different environmental disaster as a backdrop, it would have been something of a success, and would have most definitely starred Michael Douglas.So it's a strange change of course for Cage, it's not a film you'd expect him to be in, but you have to pay your huge bills Nic don't you?Halfway through the film, Peter Fonda turns up and steals everything everybody does from then whenever he's on screen, and I've been waiting for this reunion since Ghost Rider.So the film consists of Cage talking importantly on stage, Cage talking importantly on TV. Scandal!!! A slap from Nielsen, Fonda, slight redemption, and then scouting along in civvies talking to the fisherman.So all in all, it's not a terrible movie, as said before it has a message, and some interesting facts, but for true Cage fans, it's like watching paint dry.

Mohamad Al-Saddawy the problem with this picture in my opinion is Nicolas Cage ! don't get me wrong , I don't mean his performance but the audience has a problem with him , it's like : oh this movie starring Cage , just give it 1 star !this movie is about characters and I always liked this kind of movies , the movie takes place in 2010 , first scenes shows the aftermath of BP oil spill accident... Cage is an idealistic congress man from Louisiana called Colin Price who aspires to be nominated for the senate , he was defending the rights of fishers whose works were damaged because of the accident , and suddenly his reputation was ruined by sexual scandal with a fisherman's wife ! His wife left him , he resigned from the congress but continued his charity works to support the fishermen... Cage was not bad , he delivers a good performance for his role..Peter Fonda as Colin Price's father , he was very good written character and his performance was very good...Connie Nielsen as Deborah Price was not special and not bad in the same time..Sarah Paulson as Kate Haber , I liked her role in the second half of the movie the problem with this picture is that when you have these elements and these characters you could have done much better scenario..sorry for my bad English..