the audience applauded

Highly Overrated But Still Good

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

You know how carnies have that knack of making you part with your cash by pretending that they can read your palm or tea leaves? That's what this movie reminds me of. I assume that the script for Cat Run was interpreted from scrunched-up toilet paper after a bout of diarrhea brought on by food poisoning from cheap kebab meat. If you gave mentally subnormal 8-year-olds toy guns and told them to run riot in the back yard they'd come up with a better plot behind the gunplay than whoever was responsible for the script to his breathtakingly abysmal film.Cat (Paz Vega - who?) is at some political orgy shindig in Eastern Europe when everyone is suddenly killed and she finds herself marked for death and on the lam because "she knows". Many characters come and go over the running time, most of which seem to be occupying their own story as the movie feels very disconnected.I've seen many poorly edited films in my time, but Cat Run wins the top prize by a million miles. Characters warp through space and time with no coherence or cohesion. Cat Run feels like three separate terrible movies chucked into a blender, fed to pigs, collected as feces, then painted on the screen in brown smears. It is truly, mind-bogglingly, jaw-droppingly, agonizingly terrible.The worst part of this brain torture is that Cat Run actually thinks it is smart and funny. John Stockwell's "direction" makes you long for the crude, childish eye candy of Michael Bay. It will even make you forgive Guy Richie for all his previous sins. Nothing, but nothing about this drek can possibly be any worse.Shame on all involved. Who would want this on their resume? If you dropped Cat Run in a public toilet bowl it would regurgitate it back in your face.You honestly think that there are worse films than this? There's not. At least Tommy Wiseau's The Room had some shred of nobility, no matter house misguided.Do let this film come within a 100-mile radius of your life.

I would agree with most on here that this movie is a flawed but entertaining R rated film.its an action comedy movie that involves a female escort who witness a government cover up of a crime and is then hunted by the people trying to cover it up, aided by two unlikely private detectives to expose the crime and escape the ruthless assassins sent to eliminate her.quite the simple plot yet filled with all sort of characters from funny and silly like Jullian played by Alphonso Mcauley to cold blooded killers like Helen played by Janet Mcteer who for me really stole the show with her brilliant performance as the British assassin, absolutely loved her ! the movie is a mixture of Action and Comedy which could work for and against the film, at times it felt like a Bond film, other times felt more like There is something about Marry !! I mostly enjoyed the serious part of it, the mature violent kills and gory scenes, i also loved the setting of the film that took a wide tour through European countries capturing some beautiful scenery which added much to the movie.Action scene were pulled off with perfection, gun fights and a final fist fight not to be missed.In short, the movie was flawed in certain areas, but was actually pretty entertaining and worth a watch for sure, at least for Janet Mcteer's performance and some solid mature action. I say 7.5 out of 10

This movie is a pretty graphic example of modern grind-house cinema: It's misanthropic, misogynistic, obnoxiously sadistic and gross. However, it has the moral reserve of not taking itself too seriously, reaching its highlights in scenes plenty of tasteless humor. Even the promos are slightly deceitful as the main storyline has much less to do with the female lead, Catalina "Cat" Rona (The once-promising Spanish actress Paz Vega) than a couple of unlucky globe trotters (Scott Mechlowicz and Alphonso McAuley), both involved into a merciless pursuit across Europe. In fact, "Cat" is far from the image of the female hero and she actually plays her part as a vulnerable, rather passive woman in peril which only serves as main prize to a bunch of soulless thugs.Perhaps the most (or should I have to say, the only) memorable and well developed character in this gallery of grotesque is the strict mannered and cold-blooded British assassin portrayed by Janet McTeer, who plays a role as fun and weird as can be a cross between Mary Poppins and Terminator, but capable of humanity when the tide turns and the plot demands her to change her side. Very consistent and congruent to the exploitative spirit which drives the insane storyline, there is a large amount of nudity and violence against women, and some torture scenes definitely not for the squeamish."Cat Run" it's a violent buddy movie and adventure flick, more in tune to dark and grim movies like "Taken" and "Hostel", where the sense of thrill seems to come in direct proportion to the lack of humanity, and the result it still is enjoyable to anyone who enjoys falling downstairs. Yes, that painful.

John Stockwell did ring a bell, being a horror fan I remember Turistas (2006), a horror flick he also directed that had a lot of controversy concerning some operation scene's to be cut out to have a normal rating. This here isn't a horror but a pure entertaining flick. But it is also that kind of flick you watch and forget afterwards because it isn't a major blockbuster. And people who are thinking that they will see a Mission Impossible or Bourne will be disappointed. This is pure fun and even not for kids to watch due the nudity involved which is full frontal, shaved and unshaven. You also don't go watching it for the performances although I have to say that Janet McTeer as Helen Bingham is stunning. She gives away a stiff British performance but with literally a killing attitude. Due the nudity it's definitely one for the guys. There is also a bit of CGI gore here and there but I did dig it because it was done in slo-mo or POV from the bullet itself. There's a lot of action going on. Still, for many the thespians will be unknown but some are familiar to the ones who love B-movies. Paz Vega (Cat) did the lead in Lucía Y El Sexo (2001). Tony Curran will be recognized by horror buffs from Midnight Meat Train (2008) and Shuttle (2008) or from blockbusters like Underworld (2006) and Gladiator (2000) for example. But I do recommend it also for the ones who love action flicks with a bit of gore and humour. I laughed out loud with a few situations, especially when Alphonso McAuley who plays Julian Simms is transferred into a Scottish bloke (he's black) and of course he has to show he isn't wearing underwear, hilarious situation you couldn't see coming. Ideal for an evening with your male friends, sexy chicks, nudity in the beginning, gory situations, and comedy. I loved it, Cat doesn't has to run for me.Gore 1,5/5 Nudity 2,5/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 2/5