Run Hide Fight

2021 1h 49m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 381

ActionCrimeThriller

Synopsis

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A 17-year-old girl uses her wits, survival skills, and compassion to fight for her life, and those of her fellow classmates, against a group of live-streaming school shooters.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Isabel May
Zoe Hull
Thomas Jane
Todd Hull
Radha Mitchell
Jennifer Hull
Eli Brown
Tristan Voy
Olly Sholotan
Lewis Washington
Treat Williams
Sheriff Tarsy
Barbara Crampton
Mrs. Crawford
Cyrus Arnold
Kip Quade

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kyle Rankin
Writers: Kyle Rankin
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 2% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Run Hide Fight Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kyle Rankin, shot by Darin Moran. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mike Schanzlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Matthew Lorentz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Isabel May and Thomas Jane and Radha Mitchell carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Kyle Rankin directs. Darin Moran behind the camera. Mike Schanzlin scores. Matthew Lorentz cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 2% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 5 years ago.
4Part of the "Run Hide Fight Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Kyle Rankin, shot by Darin Moran. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Mike Schanzlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Matthew Lorentz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Isabel May and Thomas Jane and Radha Mitchell carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt11456054 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 24 themes, including "high school", "hero", "war veteran", "killing".

The technical file

Cinematography: Darin Moran
Original score: Mike Schanzlin
Editing: Matthew Lorentz
Costume design: Charlotte Golden
Makeup / hair: Caitlyn Brisbin
Sound: Shawn Duffy
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,000,000
Box office: $34,561
Return: 2% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Run Hide Fight (2021)

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Run Hide Fight Collection

A series of politically provocative exploitation action-thrillers.

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MovieGuys2021-01-18
There's something disturbingly simplistic about Run Hide Fight. It takes what is actually a complex problem, mired in issues of poverty, inequality, an institutionalised culture of violence and more and reduces it to a basic formula. High school shooters are presented as violent, immature, sometimes mentally ill, narcissists and little more. Certainly there may be elements of this, in these events but there's a lot more to than that. I felt the handling was uncomfortable and somewhat troubling, leaving a tale that not only failed to resonate but to me, felt a little exploitative. Acting wise, its on the money. This film is outside my demographic but I'm a big fan of Thomas Jane, so I took a look. Jane does not fail to impress but his is really a peripheral character. The main role falling to Isabel May. May hands in a sardonic, fraught but ultimately hopeful performance as a Rambo/John McClane (Die Hard) style character. The pacing works and there is plenty of action to keep things rolling along. That said, for me this is a sombre subject, that I feel deserves the sort of mature treatment offered up by Michael Moore's insightful documentary, Bowling for Columbine (2002). 6/10.
bcorrel22022-03-10
★ 9/10
Run Hide Fight is a suspenseful thriller that examines the horror of school shootings, a very real problem in our society. The audience is left on the edge of their seat and entertained without being lectured by Hollywood, and American values such as self-reliance, tenacity and bravery are openly celebrated.
GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 10/10
This is just an action movie. Legit, the Daily Wire put it out so you aren't supposed to like it and politics and politics and cancel culture and censorship and... crap. But the honest truth is that it is just an action movie. It's low budget but done well. It's suspenseful, it has character development, it has an actual story arc... ... and it's NOT a political lecture, which makes it a cut above almost everything Hollywood is putting out. So if you like politics free entertainment that is just an action movie you can enjoy, you will love this. If you are a goose stepping book burner... you're not going to watch it but you will voice your opinion anyway.