LETHAL MULLET PODCAST: Episode #323 - MIDNIGHT RUN (1988)
This is an easy payday. That's what they told him.
Live from Quinlan's Cantina in the Gold Coast of Australia, it's time again for your dose of action cinema history from the 80s, 90s, and beyond with the Lethal Mullet Podcast
This week we are strapping in for one of the greatest buddy action movies ever made.
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh ( Robert De Niro) is sent to find and return bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas ( Charles Grodin).
Jack Walsh is a tough ex-cop turned bounty hunter. Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas is a sensitive accountant who embezzled $15 million from the mob, gave it to charity and then jumped bail .
What should be a midnight run, a piece of cake in bounty hunter slang, turns into a cross-country nightmare with the Mob, the FBI, and two guys who absolutely cannot stand each other in the same car.
We get into:
Why De Niro and Grodin is still the gold standard for buddy chemistry
Martin Brest's perfect mix of practical action, real punches, and legit laughs
Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, and Yaphet Kotto stealing every scene
Is this secretly the best road movie of the 80s?
We love practical stunts, real squibs, and heroes who look like they have actually been punched.
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