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Midnight Runners
Comedy · Action · Crime · 2017
Two apathetic police academy recruits who become best buddies through the tough training together witness a woman being abducted right before their very eyes. As they were taught in the academy, they quickly report the incident to the police, but the police are in no hurry to jump on the case. So the duo decide to take the matter into their own hands and rescue the woman.
Movie details
Midnight Runners
“Trainees by day, detectives by night.”
2017 Comedy · Action · Crime 1h 49m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
7.6 / 10
Community rating
Two apathetic police academy recruits who become best buddies through the tough training together witness a woman being abducted right before their very eyes. As they were taught in the academy, they quickly report the incident to the police, but the police are in no hurry to jump on the case. So the duo decide to take the matter into their own hands and rescue the woman.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Midnight Runners?
For the defence
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Jason Kim
Written by
Jason Kim
Park Seo-jun
Ki-joon
Kang Ha-neul
Hee-yeol
Sung Dong-il
Professor Yang
Park Ha-seon
Joo-hee
Go Joon
Young-choon
Lee Ho-jung
Yoon-jeong
Bae Yu-ram
Jae-ho
Court is in session
Put Midnight Runners on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Speed as an alibi.”
The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.