Running Scared (2006)
Action, Crime, Drama |
Running Scared is a action thriller film written and directed by Wayne Kramer, and starring Paul Walker and Cameron Bright. It was released in the United States on February 24, 2006.
A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his crime boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things get out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.
Joey Gazelle, a low-ranking mafioso working alongside New Jersey mobster Tommy Perello, is present when a large drug deal with a Jamaican gang goes awry. A trio of corrupt cops led by Rydell storm in to rob the criminals, but his two police accomplices are killed in the ensuing shootout. Tommy tells Joey to get rid of the incriminating guns, but Joey goes home to his wife Teresa and their twelve-year-old son Nicky. Nicky and his friend from next door, Oleg, secretly watch as Joey stashes the guns in the basement.
Oleg steals one of the guns before heading home to his mother Mila and abusive stepfather, Anzor, the nephew of Russian mob boss, Ivan. When Anzor becomes belligerent, Oleg shoots him. Joey, attracted by the gunshot, finds Anzor lightly wounded and Oleg gone. When Anzor describes the gun, Joey realizes it is one of the weapons traceable to the earlier killings. Joey then realizes that he must track down Oleg and the missing gun before the police do.
Director: Wayne Kramer
Writer: Wayne Kramer
Stars: Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga, Chazz Palminteri, Karel Roden, Johnny Messner, Ivana Milicevic
Cast:
| Paul Walker | … | Joey Gazelle |
| Cameron Bright | … | Oleg Yugorsky |
| Vera Farmiga | … | Teresa Gazelle |
| Chazz Palminteri | … | Detective Rydell |
| Karel Roden | … | Anzor Yugorsky |
| Johnny Messner | … | Tommy ‘Tombs’ Perello |
| Ivana Milicevic | … | Mila Yugorsky |
| Alex Neuberger | … | Nicky Gazelle |
| Michael Cudlitz | … | Sal ‘Gummy Bear’ Franzone |
| Bruce Altman | … | Dez |
| Elizabeth Mitchell | … | Edele |
| Arthur J. Nascarella | … | Frankie Perello (as Arthur Nascarella) |
| John Noble | … | Ivan Yugorsky |
| Idalis DeLeon | … | Divina |
| David Warshofsky | … | Lester the Pimp |
| Jim Tooey | … | Tony |
| Thomas Rosales Jr. | … | Julio |
| Morgan Johnson | … | Jamaican |
| Jamba Mulimbwe | … | Jamaican |
| Maurice Lee | … | Jamaican |
| Viktor Cervenka | … | Ski Mask |
| Oakley Lehman | … | Ski Mask |
| Jan Kohout | … | Pops Gazelle |
| Jeffrey Smith | … | Paramedic |
| Karen Joy Cifarelli | … | Police Officer 1 (as Karen Cifarelli) |
| Brian Caspe | … | Police Officer 2 |
| Ryan James | … | Orderly |
| Ellen Savaria | … | Operating Room Nurse |
| Jiri Simberský | … | Yugorsky Gorilla |
| Petr Horacek | … | Yugorsky Gorilla |
| Miroslav Lhotka | … | Yugorsky Gorilla |
| William Byrd Wilkins | … | Crack Dealer |
| Ephraim Goldin | … | Crack Dealer |
| Matthew Blood-Smyth | … | Wino |
| Julian Littman | … | Pharmacist |
| Katerina Novotná | … | Pole Cats Waitress |
| James Lambert | … | Police Officer 3 |
| Howard Lotker | … | Police Officer 4 |
| David Monteiro | … | Manny Perez |
| Jeff Caster | … | Chef |
| Todd Kramer | … | Police Officer 5 |
| Clara Perez | … | Conchita |
| Andrew Jopson | … | Eric |
| Louise De Stexhe | … | Simone |
| Eddie Otero | … | Card Player |
| Andrea Vybiralova | … | Lester’s Hooker |
| Monika Podzimkova | … | Lester’s Hooker |
| Jan Vosmik | … | Russian Skater |
| Roman Kracik | … | Russian Skater |
| Václav Bednár | … | Russian Skater |
| Glenn Wrage | … | Special Agent in Charge |
| Evangeline | … | Waitress (uncredited) |
| Ryan Hanley | … | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia