Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

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

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Larry Silverstein With all the poor reviews from critics that I've seen on this film, plus its low rating on IMDb I was expecting very little here, so I was somewhat surprised that it turned out to be a reasonably decent watch. It does have many unlikable characters and it's not going to win feel-good movie of the year, but the acting is solid led by Cage and Sarah Paulson, and the story was engaging enough to keep my attention.Nicolas Cage can portray flawed characters as well as anyone, and he does so here as Colin Pryce, a Congressman from a Louisiana coastal district. He's from a family line of politicians, with his father (Peter Fonda) having been a revered Mayor of New Orleans years ago.After the disastrous 2010 BP oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico, Congressman Pryce's popularity soars after he gives impassioned testimony, on Capitol Hill, asking for help for the people in his constituency, and he's being seriously being considered as a Senate candidate for Louisiana.However, his extra-marital dalliance with a young woman is exposed in a closed circuit elevator video and, of course, ends up going viral on the net. Pryce decides to resign and ends up working as a pro bono attorney for citizen claimants against BP, and comes upon all the frustrations associated with bureaucracy and getting a large corporation to pay up. This will lead to Pryce's return to drinking after being sober for 16 years, as well as sparking divorce papers from his high powered and ambitious wife Deborah (Connie Nielsen).After some time has elapsed, Pryce will have to decide whether to "jump in bed" with the manipulative oil companies and re-enter the political world, or continue on the benevolent path he's been on. I might mention the very talented actress Sarah Paulson adds quite a lot to the movie, as a former consultant and friend of Pryce, and later a possible love interest.All in all, as some reviewers here have noted this film exceeded low expectations and became, in my opinion, a reasonably decent watch. I thought it was a good writing and directorial debut for Austin Stark, who's been a producer for a number of excellent films in the past.

mikky_elf I don't know what's wrong with film critics these days, but it's another good movie a lot of them decided to kill... It may be a low budget one, but Nic Cage shines (as basically always... because he is an outstanding actor, whether someone likes it or not) and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. The plot is decent, all actors did a good job and you can immediately relate to the main characters. Also, it's a pretty precise sketch of not only how how the politics work, but also how a lot of relationships work... in case somebody didn't know. Definitely time well spent and a must watch if you're tired of the Hunger Games and the kind...

John Davis People love to bash Nic Cage films, and clearly a lot of people will bash this one simply because of that. I'm a Cage fan and I'll admit, he has put out a string of terrible films lately. But I feel comfortable saying that "The Runner" is his best performance in many years. The movie is a slow burn Southern political drama that takes place during the BP oil spill in 2010. It addresses the oil spill and politics in general in an intelligent way. It's far from a thriller, as they wrongly marketed it in the trailer, so you need to stay with it. It is a quiet film, sad at times too. It's certainly not for everyone. You also won't get any Crazy Cage highlights here for Youtube - he's restrained and nuanced. The rest of the cast is also really good, especially Sarah Paulson and Peter Fonda. If you're into politics, dramas, or have liked Nic Cage in the past, I highly recommend this film.

MattyAndAnnika The Runner (2015) isn't the movie in which the previews make you think it is, and in some reviews it also says how this movie features important information that is a need to know; it's neither. The Runner (2015) is a story about a congressman who at one point was aiming to be a senator during the BP Oil Spills that had all the right reasons to want to help the people. As in any government, business or public projected structure when someone tends to want to do things that are for the good of man, someone that doesn't want you to succeed goes out of the way to make sure any secrets you have are surfaced in attempt to take everyone's mind off of the real picture. Now in ever situation like this a real humans response is to stick by their guns and focus on doing the right thing, and the disgraced persons of the planet fall in line like sheep and turn their backs on the right things to benefit for themselves; that's the real message within this movie and it's the same realism that every real human has always known. Now that this important message that was supposed to be found within the film isn't really in it it, let's focus on what the movie really was about, and was it good?My honest response on if this was a good movie, I can only say it is a movie; merely a drama movie about the life of a human being and in this case; well it's a congressman. The acting for the most part was at a low par, I believe they lost this film with Nicolas Cage. Nicolas Cage is a good actor but I believe that either he didn't have a good script or their just wasn't enough all together to need him in such a film. The father, wife, and his council did a fair job and it did seem that they had more to work with. The story seems rushed and not completely full, it was if you had to depend on what wasn't in the movie to piece it together to find out how in one minute things were bad and in the next scene everything was perfect again. Based on what the previews made this film out to be, focused on what took place in the oil spill, etc... well the film spent more time on the multiple relationships of Nicolas Cage's character "Colin Price". Sorry but I don't think the film was all that they said it to be, and for what it was; it wasn't a very good movie.