Synopsis
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
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Cast
- Jean-Claude Van DammeSam Gillen
- Rosanna ArquetteClydie Anderson
- Kieran CulkinMike 'Mookie' Anderson
- Ted LevineMr. Dunston
- Tiffany TaubmanBree Anderson
- Edward BlatchfordSheriff Lonnie Cole
- Anthony StarkeBilly
- Joss AcklandFranklin Hale
- Allan GrafBus Driver
- Leonard TermoBus Guard
Recommendations
- 67
Entertainment Weekly
Nowhere to Run is about as believable as Bigfoot, but the most soulful of action heroes holds the screen with his beefy presence and — yes, fans — there is the obligatory bare-butt shot. - 50
The New York Times
Though Mr. Van Damme's collaborators have become more upscale and mainstream, Nowhere to Run remains your basic exercise in kick-him-in-the-groin, stab-him-with-a-pitchfork cinema politics. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Previously responsible for The Hitcher, a disturbingly cold-blooded exercise but still a powerful cinematic vehicle, Harmon still doesn't show enough humanity to be considered anything more than a stylish director. But he is a damned stylish one, who keeps the film interesting and the action sequences effective. If you don't expect much (and the developer vs. land owner plot is ridiculous) you may be surprised at what's here. - 50
Time Out
When Van Damme is doing what he does best - narcissistically displaying his body and thumping the bad guys - the film works reasonably well. By contrast his attempts to lighten up and play quieter dramatic scenes offer an embarrassing array of boyish smiles, dumb looks and stilted dialogue. - 50
Chicago Tribune
The inconsistencies of Nowhere to Run make it finally unsatisfying, but the film leaves little doubt that Robert Harmon is a major talent, though one still waiting for a project equal to his abilities. - 40
Empire
Little more than schmaltz and pitchfork-handed fisticuffs. - 40
Washington Post
A shameless, uneventful rehash of the classic Western "Shane," "Nowhere to Run" miscasts Jean-Claude Van Damme in the old Alan Ladd role -- an outlaw outsider gradually drawn into both unexpected familial warmth and predictably violent conflict with a greedy land baron...While it boasts better supporting actors and technical credits than other Van Damme projects, the film nonetheless founders, a victim of its own lugubrious pace and misguided efforts at turning the bulging Belgian into a romantic lead. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
This is the kind of movie that is so witlessly generic that the plot and title disappear into a mist of other recycled plots and interchangeable titles.
