Hit & Run

Movie: Hit & Run

Genre: crime-comedy

Synopsis: Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard) is a former bank heist getaway driver who is in the witness protection program.  Annie (Kristen Bell) is his brilliant college professor.  She knows he is in WITSEC, but not why.  Annie’s jealous ex-boyfriend discovers Charlie’s past and leaks his whereabouts to Charlie’s ex-partners.  One of them (played by Bradley Cooper) is a bit of a psycho who is anxious to exact some revenge of Charlie – after he gets the location of some hidden bank loot.

My two cents:

This was much better than I expected.  Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell make a very believable couple (which is good, since they are in real life).  There was an interesting mix of violence and humor (much of the humor related to Tom Arnold playing Charlie’s bumbling WITSEC handler).  All in all a fun movie.

Side note: Dax Shepard wrote and directed this movie.  He also owned most of the cars (and there are some GREAT cars) and did his own stunt driving.

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