Running Scared is a 2006 crime film written and directed by Wayne Kramer and released by New Line Cinema. The film stars Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga, Chazz Palminteri, Alex Neuberger and Johnny Messner. It was released in the United States on February 24, 2006. It received mixed reviews. The movie begins with Joey Gazelle driving with a boy, Oleg Yugorsky . Oleg has a blood stain on his shirt, implying that he had been shot. Eighteen hours earlier. Joey, a low-level mafioso, is attending a drug deal with his boss Tommy "Tombs" Perello and associate Sal "Gummy Bear" Franzone ,... one of Tommy's henchmen. when a trio of masked men burst in and try to steal the drugs and money. When Tommy shoots one of the hoods, a shootout commences in which all the drug dealers and two of the hoods are killed, forcing their leader to flee. Tommy then discovers that the men were dirty cops. As the mobsters flee in a panic, Tommy gives the murder weapons to Joey, telling him to get rid of the weapons.
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| Release date: | January 6, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Wayne Kramer |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 122 Minutes |
| Producer: | Brett Ratner, Michael A. Pierce, Sammy Lee |
| Editor: | Arthur Coburn |
| Music by: | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography: | Jim Whitaker |
| Screenplay by: | Wayne Kramer |
| Estimated budget: | $17,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |