Product Details

• Actors: Gary Busey, Roy Scheider, Steven Bauer
• Directors: James Becket
• Writers: James Becket
• Producers: Mitchell Blumberg, James Brooke
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 25, 2010
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AQKUW2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,762 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Ex-Navy SEAL Plato Smith (Gary Busey) has his hands full with teenage daughter Kathy and a failing fishing business. When old flame Marta offers him big money to rescue two escaped prisoners off a beach in Cuba, Plato accepts. Under heavy fire, Plato and ex-SEAL buddy Sam Macris (Steven Bauer) manage to rescue the escaped Cuban prisoner, Felix Gomez. But soon Plato is implicated in a murderous web of assassination and deceit, masterminded by a ruthless international arms dealer, Alex Senarkian (Roy Scheider). In an action-packed finale, Plato must face all his deadly foes in a desperate attempt to clear his name and save his daughter.

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4.0 out of 5 stars "There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor."-Gary Busey, December 21, 2010

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Sid the Elf (North Pole) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plato's Run (DVD)

1997 was a great year in life for both Sid and Gary Busey. Sid was smack dab in the middle of those golden years we wished would never end and Gary Busey was still somewhat coherent and only a quarter of the way into insanity. Obviously at this point in life a lot of things have changed including the deep end that Gary has thrown himself so far over...and this is something we love. Despite the mans' constant criticism we find him to be somewhat of a genius who has the intensity of a starving mountain lion. This intensity translates to pure acting gold which he continues to provide time and time again. Plato's Run falls into our favorite decade for B and even showed us Busey has a bit more slow motion brawling power then we ever could have expected. This factor alone was the reason behind the four star rating.

Gary plays ex-marine Plato Smith who is now a failing fisherman trying to keep his daughter from thinking he's any more of a loser then he really is. When he's approached by an old lady friend named Marta to rescue a couple of prison escaped Cubans for 100k he jumps on the opportunity. Despite the risks the thought of 100k is too much to turn down. That buys you a lot of Jack Daniels and anti-crazy pills. Naturally thinks go wrong leaving Platos framed for murder. However Busey and his Hawaiian shirt aren't going down without a fight. He teams up with his old marine buddy Sam Macris to crack some skulls, and being that Sam was Al Pacino's buddy in Scarface you know the jobs gonna get done.

Plato's Run gave us some hilarious moments starting off with a Death Ring style bar fight that was almost identical to the real thing. In fact it was so close we're fully convinced Busey watched it on the movie channel at 2 am that same Saturday night in 1994. Since it's Busey we'll let it slide and actually feel his fighting style was greatly influenced by Mike Norris. Despite Busey's gut the man moves like a gazelle when he's taking someone down with his fists of fury. The slow motion featured fighting was easily enough to get this one up to a four star rating. As the years go on we can only hope Gary will continue his quest for B supremacy and keep us captivated for the whole ride.

2.0 out of 5 stars Not much Jeff Speakman in the movie, July 18, 2011

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Maitree Mridha "Music lover" (CARY, NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plato's Run (DVD)

I bought this movie for I wanted to watch Jeff Speakman. Before buying this product I however, read the reviews and already knew that there's not much Jeff Speakman Kenpo action.

Still I placed an order - I just wanted to collect all movies that has even a minor presence of Mr. Speakman.


The movie is being sold by Zoverstocks who send this product from the UK. The arrival took about 20 days from the date of despatch. However, the wait was ok, considering the price of the product is incredibly low at 1 cent ($0.01). with shipping it cost me $2.99.

the storyline of the movie is a definite B grade. No good, but if you are a Speakman fan, and you want to have all movies in which he even had a smallest part, buy it.


PS: The Picture and sound quality of the movie is good, but no subtitles available if I am not mistaken.

2.0 out of 5 stars This 'B' Film Needed Some Lulls, April 10, 2009

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Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plato's Run (DVD)

I'll say one thing about this film: there are no lulls. You can't get bored watching this. The problem is that it is TOO intense. There is too much action and it NEEDS lulls! That is the risk you take in modern action films. You want it interesting but not overdone. This is way overdone.

Even though the acting is fine and features a couple of "names" in Gary Busey and Roy Scheider, it still has the feel of a "B" film. The best part of it is Scheider's dialog: the only "A" part of this "B" film.

The rest of the story is strictly Rambo mentality but did have a few standout scenes. One in particular was a very innovative scene featuring land mines. That was memorable.