An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Frank Hansen
- (as Philip Hoffman)
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- TriviaWhile filming the scene in which Doc notices Rudy waiting in ambush outside his hotel room, Michael Madsen dropped his pants off camera in order to get the desired look of surprise out of Alec Baldwin.
- GoofsThe last time Doc fires the shotgun from the taxi, it switches from his right to left to right hand.
- Quotes
Rudy Travis: It's been my experience that having friends is overrated.
- Alternate versionsUS theatrical version trimmed sex scenes between Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger to get a R-rating. The European release and US unrated videocassette are uncut.
- SoundtracksCarmelita
Written by David White
Featured review
With "The Getaway" you get what you ask for: simple, but enjoyable entertainment.
I have been doing a Roger Donaldson binge this weekend, it all started with a cheesy volcano movie by director Donalsdon that had no pretentions of being anything else but family entertainment and I like that attitude. Only with those movies that take themselves too seriously I get irritated easily, but director Roger Donaldson knows how to make fun and suspenseful action movies for the masses. He has no pretentions. Donaldson's movies are what they are. Simply that. You get what you ask for. He also made "Cocktail" and "No Way Out" with Tom Cruise. That will give you a good idea what you can expect: sometimes cheesy, but always entertaining. Sometimes soft, sometimes hardcore. This flick is no disney action, but it aint Tarantino either. Middle of the road kind of action, but good enough.
"The Getaway" is a heist movie with a criminal couple on the run from other criminals that want their stolen money back. As simple as that, but executed very well. Not superb, but just very well. That suffices for me. Ideal for a saturday night flick of which I ask nothing else but simple entertainment for guys who wanna watch action.
The criminal couple on the run are being played by the butch Alex Baldwin and the lovely Kim Basinger. I dont like cheesy sex scenes in action movies, but for those who do, Kim Basinger has some pretty revealing nude scenes in it, no wonder, her being the sex bomb of the nineties, in which period she went naked in almost EVERY movie. She is still a good actress though, really, I say that without irony, personally I feel that the sex scenes only slow the heist and pursuit scenes down.
Anyways, as I said before this movie is made for the masses, so dont expect originality. But it has everything one could wish for to be just entertained: violence, suspense, action, sex and some great sick jokes. Just great action flick for guys.
"The Getaway" is a heist movie with a criminal couple on the run from other criminals that want their stolen money back. As simple as that, but executed very well. Not superb, but just very well. That suffices for me. Ideal for a saturday night flick of which I ask nothing else but simple entertainment for guys who wanna watch action.
The criminal couple on the run are being played by the butch Alex Baldwin and the lovely Kim Basinger. I dont like cheesy sex scenes in action movies, but for those who do, Kim Basinger has some pretty revealing nude scenes in it, no wonder, her being the sex bomb of the nineties, in which period she went naked in almost EVERY movie. She is still a good actress though, really, I say that without irony, personally I feel that the sex scenes only slow the heist and pursuit scenes down.
Anyways, as I said before this movie is made for the masses, so dont expect originality. But it has everything one could wish for to be just entertained: violence, suspense, action, sex and some great sick jokes. Just great action flick for guys.
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- Aug 26, 2018
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,094,974
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,806,515
- Feb 13, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $30,057,974
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