Nowhere to Run

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Nowhere to Run
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Harmon
Produced by	Gary Adelson Craig Baumgarten
Written by	Story: Joe Eszterhas Richard Marquand Screenplay: Joe Eszterhas Leslie Bohem Randy Feldman
Starring	Jean-Claude Van Damme Rosanna Arquette Kieran Culkin
Music by	Mark Isham
Cinematography	David Gribble
Editing by	Mark Helfrich Zach Staenberg
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	January 15, 1993
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15,000,000
Box office	$52,189,039

Nowhere to Run is a 1993 American action drama film directed by Robert Harmon, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Kieran Culkin, Ted Levine and Joss Ackland.^[1]

Plot

Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a convict who gets sprung from Federal custody somewhere in the Midwest by his bank-robbing partner. In their last heist, Sam's partner killed a bank guard, and Sam took the rap for it. Sam's partner gets killed in the break, forcing Sam to go it alone. He stays on a farm owned by Clydie Anderson (Rosanna Arquette), the widowed mother of two kids, Mike "Mookie" (Kieran Culkin) and Bree (Tiffany Taubman).

Attempting to sneak into Clydie's house and "borrow" some salt, Sam catches sight of Clydie taking a shower. The next morning, Sam is spotted bathing outdoors by Mookie. After saving Clydie, Mookie, and Bree from a trio of intruding thugs, Sam discovers that Clydie is holding out from selling her place to property developer Franklin Hale (Joss Ackland), who will be put out of business if he doesn't get Clydie's land so he can develop on it.

Sam stays in Clydie's barn while repairing her late husband's Triumph motorcycle. Meanwhile Hale has one of his men, Mr. Dunston (Ted Levine), try and force Clydie into selling her land. Secretly on Hale's payroll is the corrupt, Sheriff Lonnie Poole (Edward Blatchford), who harbours feelings for Clydie.

A jealous Lonnie discovers Sam's true identity and gives Sam the chance to leave. Sam decides to leave, only to find state police chasing him. Sam returns to save Clydie from Dunston and Hale, who have forced her to sign a sale agreement and are about to burn down her house.

After the fighting he decides to turn surrender to the authorities, rather than run. He promises to try and come back.

Cast

• Jean-Claude Van Damme as Sam Gillen
• Rosanna Arquette as Clydie Anderson
• Kieran Culkin as Mike "Mookie" Anderson
• Tiffany Taubman as Bree Anderson
• Joss Ackland as Franklin Hale
• Ted Levine as Mr. Dunston
• Edward Blatchford as Sheriff Lonnie Poole
• Anthony Starke as Billy

Reception

The movie had a mostly mixed to positive response.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Box office

Nowhere to Run opened January 15, 1993 in 1,745 theaters. In its opening weekend, the film made $8,203,255 at #4 behind Aladdin' tenth weekend, A Few Good Men's sixth, and Alive's first.^[7]

The film finally grossed $22,189,039 domestically, just getting back the film's $15 million budget.^[8] The film however did perform better internationally grossing $30,000,000 in other territories for a worldwide gross of $52,189,039.^[9]

References

External links

• Nowhere to Run at the Internet Movie Database
• Nowhere to Run at Box Office Mojo
• Nowhere to Run at Rotten Tomatoes