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I didn't really know what I was expecting when I watched "The Runners" from directors Joey Loomis and Micah Lyons, aside from knowing that I would be in for a movie that was based upon some sex trafficking thing.

Well, I will say that the movie definitely started out nice enough and there was actually some good enough entertainment value to the movie. And the storyline was adequate, albeit it was somewhat generic and essentially was much akin to most other movies that involve sex trafficking. But then suddenly there was a Mexican drug cartel involved, and the movie just went from being adequate to becoming over-the-top. It was simply just too much at that point.

It should be said that the acting performances in the movie were adequate, taking into consideration the premise of the movie and the script that the actors and actresses were given to work with.

"The Runners" was ultimately a mediocre movie, I have to say. It proved to be entertaining enough for what it was, but this was by no means a memorable or outstanding movie experience.

I am rating "The Runners" a very mediocre five out of ten stars. While I did finish the movie, this is hardly a movie that warrants a second viewing in my opinion, as the movie just lacked solid contents to do so.

Good enough entertainment for a single viewing if you have nothing better at hand to watch.

Ridiculous behavior by the supposed hero ruins the movie. The plot could be good and the actors not too bad but the movie was just not well made and stupid at times

The actors, characters, storyline, dialogue & screenplay all lacked any vestige of credibility. A truly terrible movie.

The Bad Guy had skills - NO ONE else had skills. SWAT command was a joke. Soldiers seemed to be very easy to head fake. The legion of bad guys forming the kill box had more rounds than accuracy - must have had 5000 round magazines !! With that much lead flying you would have expected the fight to be over in 15 seconds - but it drug on, and on, and on... I'd say the movie was FRUSTRATING times 10.

I should probably be embarrassed that I laughed so hard during a film about human trafficking, but that's how bad this film was. The acting was bad, the dialogue elementary, and the fight sequences so ridiculous, I hoped they'd all die just so it would be over already.

I read a synopsis for this movie elsewhere that its "Taken" meets "Man Under Fire". So with this premise, I went ahead and watched it. And guess what? It's not - no where near it.

This movie is flawed, and flawed in a big way. From too many holes in the plot, to over acting and wooden acting actors.

It's a mediocre movie at best. And a low end B-Grade movie at that.

My recommendation: Skip it. Watch something else. Anything else.

Unbelievable story. Pathetic acting. Don't waste your time. Seriously awful. Unarmed bad guy kills two armed swat team members. Need I say more.

...when a filmmaker wears too many hats, it's usually a flop. But this film had two filmmakers wearing every hat, and for a B-grade film, it wasn't too shabby.

Joey Loomis and Micah Lyons were mostly both producers, directors, actors, editors, casting, visuals and writer. It was a good story in general, but it certainly had writing and technical issues with amateurish plot lapses in the screenplay. The sound was mainly off - perhaps someone forgot the boom mics. Directing was decent, and the cinematography good, but some actors needed better character direction from the directors, including the directors.

Although flawed with some cheesy scenes, the 94 min runtime and good pacing with decent action and suspense, had me glued to the screen. Never mind the bogus 9 and 10/10's or the troll 1/10's, it's an honest and generous B-graded 7/10 from me.

I highly recommend seeing this movie. Lots of action and drama.

Pretty good for a low budget movie. Story line was great

This movie is trash, and it's everything that's wrong with Hollywood. Whoever in hell gave them money to produce this trash should be in jail. The sad part is, they fine people so desperate to be in a movie they would do anything, this is horrible. This isn't even worth wasting time watching. Of course if you like bad acting, a sorry script, then sit down grab a bag of popcorn and be bored to death.

Not a B-movie but a C-movie. When you read the story it seems like a nice action-revenge movie, but the acting is amaturistic and very bad. Worst movie I have seen in years..... don't bother watching it.

The acting is one of the worst I have ever seen.

The lead character is talking and moving way too fast which makes him look like a amateur.

They treat the viewer as if you're stupid.

The bad guy pulls off something bad in his hometown, on his own property and with loads of eyewitnesses. Yet they make him look as if he has done this before and is some big guy with a crew and experience... yeah right... oh and the only person that can go after him and warn the police... he lets go.... Yet he seems to not have a problem to kill later on in the movie....

This movie is so cringe.

Terrible movie True story but the terrible movie I doesn't suggest this movie The director is so amateur

The Runners sheds a lot of light into human trafficking, of which many don't know that the East Texas area is vital arena for traffickers. Awesome movie! I can't say enough about the message the the producers Micah Lyons and Joey Loomis brought to the big screen.

Watched this movie today and the reviews are really mixed, some says its the worst thing ever, others say its amazing (for an indie flick at least) and honestly i tough it was pretty solid myself.

Yes there is a bit of convenience here and there, for instance who still use paper to note phone numbers when you have a cellphone? Who mark locations on a physical map? There is some coincidences like this but i didn't really cared too much as otherwise we wouldn't have had a movie.

Our hero of the story is no John Rambo or John Wick, its a regular joe just trying to save his sister.

There is a lot of tension in the movie and it can get pretty dark and somewhat realistic too, wich i apreciated.

The bad guys are really evil and terrible but without getting into caricature territories of "evil" if you understand what i mean.

Its overall well shot, and i taught the acting was very fine. I don't watch movies in original english that often but this one was not available in my language dubbed, and overall i think they did a very fine job.

Pretty much i enjoyed the movie and i felt a bit sick at time wich is the feeling it suppose to give you, so mission acomplished i would say.

One of the worst films I've seen in a while. Tom had to do these things to support a habit. Rest his soul. Micah Lyons hasn't caught on to movie making yet. No lead by any stretch. Waste of time. Bad acting. Pointless script. What was executive producer thinking? Anyone can write a script. Get a money man to produce. Won't make it good no matter what name you pay. Not even a growing project. Where do you go from here. Lyons should stick to raping aspiring actors with the non sense classes that promise a role in his lame films for free in the name of Jesus Christ. And Jesus knows what he is doing. Claiming to be a Christian film maker doesn't make it so. Pass on this one. No message here.

Horrible acting, Neal and Rob did good. The Hicksville boy needs go back to changing tires or picking peaches. Acting is not the job for you. My guess is that he watches Taken every day and fantasizes about being Bryan. A crude redneck version was not the answer. Thank God it's about Hallvsille and not Longview or White Oak. It's still a horrible smear on the face of East Texas. Here I am in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Montana and Iowa, just talking up East Texas, and then this happened. Neal McCoy, I still like you. Rob Carbo, you're still my main gym bro. You're both aces, but everyone else from East Texas did awful.