Running Out of Time Collection Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		4.0
Overall		3.5

Running Out of Time Collection Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman August 30, 2022

Roy Huggins may forever best be remembered as the man who created The Fugitive, but one of his first follow ups to that now legendary series was the decidedly lesser known Run for Your Life, which, despite lasting three seasons, never seemed to quite capture the imagination of the general public the way that the plight of Dr. Richard Kimball did. Run for Your Life starred Ben Gazzara as an attorney named Paul Ryan who is given a dire prognosis due to a mortal illness, and who then decides to go for the gusto with whatever time he may have left. Ryan was most definitely a "good guy" in the mid-sixties television series mold that The Fugitive itself had exploited, a wanderer who would travel from place to place encountering the locals, briefly getting wound up in their personal dramas, resolving some earth shattering situation, and then moving on to the next destination. The first Running Out of Time film takes a somewhat similar foundational premise, at least insofar as the plot centers on a man who knows he's about to die and who is out for a little adventure of his own, though in this particular case, Cheung Wah (Andy Lau) is actually the ostensible villain of the piece, taunting a police inspector named Ho Sheung-sang (Lau Ching- wan) to play a "game" where Ho isn't quite sure what the rules are. Probably because the first film featured a focal character whose demise is a given within the very foundation of the plot, a sequel couldn't offer Cheung again, and so Running for Time 2 opts for the next best thing, bringing Ho back for another confrontational game of cat and mouse.

For reviews of the two films in this set, please click on the following links:

Running Out of Time Blu-ray review

Running Out of Time 2 Blu-ray review

Running Out of Time Collection Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Running Out of Time Collection Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Running Out of Time Collection Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplements on each disc are detailed in the above linked reviews. Additionally this comes with Arrow's typically well appointed insert booklet, and packaging features a slipcover.

Running Out of Time Collection Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

The first Running Out of Time is probably going to be worth the price of admission for many fans, so maybe it's best just to think of Running Out of Time 2 as a supplement (that's a joke, of course). That said, the actual supplements on this release are outstanding and should help seal the deal for some. Recommended.