Gal Gadot Tries, and Fails, to Do Everything She Can to Keep Prime Video's The Runner, Well, Running

'The Runner' Review: Gal Gadot's Amazon Original Thriller Has the Runs

Gadot's latest, about a villain forcing her to run across London, only works if you pretend it's an episode of "Taskmaster" The post ‘The Runner’ Review: Gal Gadot’s Amazon Original Thriller Has the Runs appeared first on TheWrap.

Gal Gadot Tries, and Fails, to Do Everything She Can to Keep Prime Video's The Runner, Well, Running

Gal Gadot does everything she can to keep Prime Video's The Runner, well, running, but despite some decent set pieces, the film is ultimately unsatisfying.

‘The Runner’ Review: Gal Gadot Is a Mother on a Rescue Mission in an Energetic but Uninspired Amazon Thriller

A frantic journey across London on foot provides a lot of exercise for Gal Gadot, but not much reward for viewers, in “The Runner.” Hardly the first thriller centering on an exceptionally action-ready parent surmounting various obstacles to rescue an imperiled child from some diabolical abductor, and surely not the last, this Prime Original has […]

'The Runner' Review: Gal Gadot's Marathon Through London Never Finds Its Breath

Gal Gadot’s newest thriller arrives on Amazon Prime this week with a premise built for momentum, a mother forced to sprint across London while a stranger’s voice on the phone dictates her every move. ‘The Runner’ comes from director Kevin Macdonald, a filmmaker whose documentary roots have always given his work a restless, observational energy,...

The Runner Review: Gal Gadot's Prime Video Thriller Underwhelms

Voice-on-phone thrillers are inherently challenging, and Gal Gadot's The Runner doesn't have the goods to overcome those challenges.