Better Start Running (2018) Movie Review

Better Start Running – Movie Review

Director: Brett Simon

Writer: Chad Faust, Annie B Compton (Screenplay)

Cast

Alex Sharp (Living)
Annaleigh Topton (Two Night Stand)
Edi Gathegi (The Harder They Fall)
Maria Bello (A History of Violence)
Jeremy Irons (Dead Ringers)

Plot: An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who wants them dead or alive – preferably dead.

Runtime: 1 Hour 32 Minutes

There may be spoilers in the rest of the review

Story: Better Start Running starts when shop assistant Harley (Sharp) saves his crush Stephanie (Tipton) from a sexual attack by their boss. The series of events sees their manager getting pushed through a window and killed. Harley decides to take his military grandfather Garrison (Irons) and Stephanie and run.

Agent McFadden (Bello) leads the chase for Harley. Meanwhile, Harley gets to meet other strangers including Fitz (Gathegi) along the way. This gives him a chance to understand life in a different way.

Verdict on Better Start Running

Better Start Running is an action comedy following a young man going on the run with his crush and grandfather. It is after being involved in an accident leading to a rapist being killed. Along the road, he gets to learn life lessons and get to grow up faster than he imagined.

This is a nice story about understanding what is right in life. Despite the two defending themselves, they would easily get off any charges. It gets to show that not everyone thinks that way and a journey in life can come when you least expect it. The movie shows that there is always more to life than the small town you come from, you need to get and experience it. We have strong performances from the whole cast of the movie.

Final Thoughts – Better Start Running is a sweet action comedy.