"Midnight Run" delivers a good amount of well-done action and humor that really gets laughs, but it depends heavily on profanity, which is sure to bother some viewers. It's also very enjoyable to watch, featuring several scenes with Robert De Niro that stick with you – he’s captivating during the sequence where his character goes to see his former spouse, Gail, to ask for funds (resulting in a notably uncomfortable m…

Midnight Run from 1988 stands out as a prime example of the buddy road movie genre. It’s an overlooked De Niro film, a lost gem from the eighties where everything just clicks into place—simply the best buddy comedy I've ever seen. De Niro and Grodin are unmatched; no other pairing in this kind of film has such a consistently entertaining rapport. They truly embody what it means to be a dynamic duo. Director Mar…