Running Scared (2006) on Netflix
A drug deal collapses into gunfire that kills two corrupt cops. Joey Gazelle is told to make the guns disappear, but his son's friend Oleg takes one home.
- Netflix3.7/5
- IMDb7.3/10107,419 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes41%
Trailer
Plot summary
A deal between mobsters from New Jersey and a Jamaican gang collapses into gunfire. Two corrupt police officers, there to rob both sides, are killed, and Tommy Perello orders Joey Gazelle to make the weapons disappear. Joey takes the guns to the house he shares with his wife Teresa and their son Nicky, and hides them in the basement, not knowing that Nicky and his friend Oleg are watching. Oleg leaves with one of the pistols. At home, Oleg's stepfather Anzor turns threatening, and Oleg shoots him and runs. Joey finds Anzor wounded and hears him describe the weapon as one of the guns he hid. A surviving dirty cop is hunting the gun too, so Joey sets out to reach the boy first.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Running Scared (2006)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Director Wayne Kramer had not considered Paul Walker for the lead role of Joey Gazelle, but cast him after being struck by how tough Walker seemed "behind the eyes" during a meeting.
- Although the story is set in New Jersey, the production actually shot the film in Prague, Czech Republic, using only a few establishing shots to sell the New Jersey setting.
- Director Wayne Kramer said MPAA rules barred the trailer from showing children in danger, so the marketing had to cut the storyline involving a child in peril, leaving the trailer looking like a generic mob movie.
- Quentin Tarantino personally reached out to director Wayne Kramer to praise the film, and years after its poor initial reception critics began reassessing it more favorably.
