The Getaway (1994)

115 min · Action, Romance Film, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

Roger Donaldson

Cast

Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse, Jennifer Tilly, James Stephens

The story

Carter "Doc" McCoy and his wife Carol are taking target practice with pistols when Rudy Travis arrives to propose they break Mexican drug lord Ramon's nephew Luis Mendoza out of jail for a $300,000 payment. The job is successful, but it turns out Ramon wanted Luis free to kill him. Rudy is waiting with a getaway plane, but he sees police cars and leaves Doc behind.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, Burglar, Entlassung, Greed, Gunfight, Mexico, Police, Prosecution, Showdown, Sterben, Verführung, sexy, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Japanese Movies, Road movie, Action/Adventure, Action

Genres

Action, Romance Film, action film, crime film, drama film, thriller film

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