Hit & Run (2012)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Too many fans seem to be blown away

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Just Boring. And I am giving 5 stars only because of some actors whom I admire.(Bradley Cooper , Kristen Bell ,Ryan Hansen ). Why?? 1-Not an interesting story just the same old story that we saw thousands of times . And nothing actually happens in the movie . nothing that makes you sad or happy .just the two main characters that I did not like (I don not know about anyone else ) got everything in the end and nothing unexpected happens in this 1 hour and 41 minutes movie. 2-another thing was the poor choice of music which I think is one of the most important part of a movie .Unfortunately they just used lame musics in chasing scene and that was it . if I want to tell you the reasons that why this movie is boring I can not stop writing for like days . example: for a movie that is connected to awesome cars it did not have a lot of cool cars ( maybe 3 or 2 ) My advice : Do not buy this movie or rent it .watch this only if they are showing it for free and there is not anything better to do .

Hit & Run is a wild ride that never should have worked, but surprisingly it does. The story doesn't appear to be deep or complicated, and just when you think they've come to the end, a whole other angle begins. The film is further helped by a large cast and a whole bunch of interesting cameos, that help take it to another level. Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard) is happy living in a small town with his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell), but things are about to change. When Annie gets offered a job in L.A., Bronson must decide whether or not to go with her, which also means leaving the safety of the witness protection program. When a jealous ex learns of the plan, he finds out who Charlie really is, and thanks to Facebook, connects with the men he's hiding from, making the trip to L.A. a dash for safety, across California. Dax Shepard is not an actor I find to be very funny, but this was the first time I've seen him play a character as deep as Charlie Bronson, and he was terrific. He is being perused by Bradley Cooper of all people, who I did not see as someone who could play the bad guy. His good looks and charming personality, don't exactly lead one to believe he'd be believable as a bad guy, and while he wasn't the toughest bad guy I've ever seen, he does more than an adequate job. Hit & Run isn't an award winning film, it may not even be all that memorable, but it is extremely entertaining and an edge of your seat thriller ride. The perfect film for those who want to just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

Clearly a labor of love for Dax Shepard (he stars, writes, co-directs and co-edits; and it's filmed in the more expensive 2:40 aspect ratio), Hit And Run is better than it has to be. This isn't to say it's a great entertainment (it has plenty of filler and Shepard's ambitious attempts at character development, a la Tarentino, don't quite pan out) but it is often fun to watch and the cars--and the chases--are cool. While too much time is spent on drawn-out arguments between Shepard and his significant other (in the film and, apparently, in real life, played by Kristen Bell) and there's some negative dialogue regarding homosexuality and race (note to Shepard: acknowledging homophobia and racism in the dialogue doesn't simply make it permissible) it's not a bad way to kill a couple of hours. Shepard must be a really popular guy in Hollywood because a lot of the performers (high among them Bradley Cooper) would not normally appear in a movie this B-grade.

I went into Hit and Run expecting fun, nothing more, and that's what I got! If you want to have a good time, go in with low expectations. The comedy is not laugh out loud and the love story is pretty predictable/flat. What makes this film worth watching is the adventure that Yul "Charlie Bronson" Perkins (Dax Shepard) and his girlfriend Annie (Kristen Bell) find themselves in. Yul's troubled past, which Annie is not fully aware of, brings villain Alex (Bradley Cooper… with dreadlocks!) into the picture and that's right, folks, we have ourselves a chase! A satisfyingly diverse soundtrack increases the quality of the action scenes and packs them with a little more punch. I think it could have used a little more organization and flow but it's not a terrible effort by sophomore directors Shepard and Palmer. While it has a lot of run, it also has just enough HIT to keep you interested.