The Getaway (1994 film) The Getaway (1994 film) The Getaway is a 1994 crime film directed by Roger Donaldson. The screenplay was written by Walter Hill and Amy Holden Jones, based on Jim Thompson’s 1958 novel of the same name. The film stars Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, with Michael Madsen, James Woods, and Jennifer Tilly in supporting roles. Carter "Doc" McCoy and his wife Carol are taking target practice with pistols when Rudy arrives to propose they break a Mexican drug lord's nephew out of jail for a $300,000 payment. The job is successful, but it turns out the drug lord wanted his
The Getaway (1972 film) other films of Peckinpah. Matthew Hinkley of DVD Talk gave the Blu-ray version an overall rating of four stars out of five, commending the video transfer and special features, but criticizing the audio transfer. Peter Bracke of "High Def Digest" felt similarly in regard to the transfers and special features, though he gave an overall rating of three-and-a-half stars out of five. Initial reaction to "The Getaway" was negative. Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" described the film as "aimless". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" complained that the story was contrived, calling it "a big, glossy, impersonal mechanical