Midnight Run (1988)

Mismatched buddy comedy/road trip movie in the 80's tradition Robert De Niro is a former cop turned bounty hunter who must locate and escort a former mob accountant (Charles Grodin) from New York to LA in a five days, or in reference to the title by midnight on Saturday. Gordin had stolen $15 million from a mob boss (Dennis Farina) and given it to charity after discovering that the seemingly legitimate firm he worked for was in fact a mob front. Upon locating Grodin , who was in hiding, De Niro must keep him safe and moving as they travel across the country dodging the mob, the FBI, and a rival bounty hunter in an effort to get him back in time to save a bail bondsman from bankruptcy. The movie goes about where you'd expect it to go story wise, though perhaps a little slower and in a slightly more restrained fashioned then I'd anticipated. Well made, enjoyable, but also not quite as deep or insightful as it may have intended to be, but only by a little bit. Still ***