HIT AND RUN (Universal, 2012) D: David Palmer, Dax Shepard, w/ Shepard, Kristen Bell. Rating: NNN Blu-ray package: N
The easy banter and strong chemistry between stars (and real-life couple) Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell make Hit And Run breezy light entertainment, whether you’re into rom-coms or car chase flicks.
Moved by love, Charlie (Shepard) decides to drive Annie (Bell) 500 miles to L.A. for a vital job interview, but people there want to kill him. Before long they’re pursued by a wildly incompetent U.S. Marshal (Tom Arnold doing great comic frustration), a pair of highway cops, Annie’s vengeful ex-boyfriend and a carful of baddies. And the clock is ticking.
The chases don’t deal in the mass destruction we’ve come to expect. This is partly because two of the key vehicles – the Lincoln Continental and the off-road racer – are Shepard’s personal property. You won’t learn much in the extras’ two-minute promo spots, but there are a few laughs in the deleted scenes, particularly those featuring Kristin Chenoweth as Annie’s pilled-up, self-loathing – but cheerful – boss.
EXTRAS Promo spots, deleted scenes. English audio. English, French, Spanish subtitles.
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